• The American pop singer Ariana Grande is suspending her tour until at least June 5. It was after her concert in Manchester that the terrorist attack occurred.

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Eight Men in Custody in Connection With Attack

At an early afternoon news conference, Chief Constable Ian Hopkins of the Greater Manchester Police said that eight men had been arrested in connection with the attack on Monday. The arrests took place in Manchester; in the town of Wigan to the northwest; and to the south, in the town of Nuneaton, which is near the city of Birmingham. A woman who was arrested on Wednesday has been released.



“I want to reassure people that the arrests that we have made are significant, and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation,” Chief Constable Hopkins said. “These searches will take several days to complete, as you would expect. Therefore will there will be some disruption. However, it is very important that we continue with these searches.”

— Sewell Chan

Army Bomb Experts Destroy Suspicious Package

At 10:54 a.m. on Thursday, the Manchester police announced that an army bomb disposal unit was heading toward Linby Street in the city’s Hulme neighborhood, just west of the city center. Helicopters flew overhead and sirens blared; some of the commotion could be heard as far away as St. Ann’s Square, where Mancunians gathered to observe the national minute of silence at 11 a.m. A half-hour later, the police announced that the “the incident has now been deemed safe” and that the security cordon had been removed.

— Sewell Chan

A Moment of Silence for the Dead

Hundreds of people filled St. Ann’s Square in Manchester for a moment of silence at 11 a.m. in remembrance of the 22 people killed in the attack.