Attack arrests and raids

Around 11.30am, Tuesday May 23 police use explosives to blow off door of bomber Salman Abedi’s home in Elsmore Road, Fallowfield, and search it.

AM, Tuesday May 23 - armed officers also search a flat, believed to be linked to Abedi, at Carlton Road, Whalley Range.

AM, Tuesday May 23 - Ismail Abedi, 23, IT worker and older brother of Salman, is arrested near Morrisons store, in Wilbraham Road, Chorlton.

AM, Wednesday May 24 - armed police, backed up by bomb disposal experts, raid a flat in Granby Row, off Sackville Street, in Manchester city centre. It is believed to be a rendezvous for bomber and others but a not bomb factory.

AM, Wednesday May 24 - Three men arrested at a house in Elsmore Road, which had been raided day before.

PM, Wednesday May 24 - man seen carrying suspicious package is arrested in Upper Dicconson Street, Wigan, in connection with the investigation.

PM Wednesday, May 24 - police raid house in Nuneaton and arrest a man.

Wednesday, May 24 - Salman’s younger brother, Hashem Abedi and father, Ramadan Abedi, are arrested in Libya.

6.30pm, Wednesday May 24 - woman arrested at a block of flats in Broadmoss Drive. She is later released without charge.

AM, Thursday May 25 - man arrested in Egerton Crescent, Withington.

AM, Thursday May 25 - police carry out controlled explosion to search of house in Lindun Street, Moss Side. They also arrest a man but do not confirm the exact location.

AM, Thursday May 25 - police raid home in Wigan after arresting man in the town on Wednesday. The location of the property was not disclosed.

PM, Thursday - Bomb squad officers return to the address in Egerton Crescent following concerns. Police carry out detailed forensic investigations at addresses in Blackley and Wigan.