The Scotsman

Police arrest twelfth suspect in

● Armed officers raid house as Home Secretary warns other members of Salman Abedi’s network could still be at large

- By ANGUS HOWARTH

Police would not comment on whether a controlled blast was used to gain entrance to the property, a tactic used on previous raids.

One resident wrote on Twitter: “There was an explosion about half an hour ago on Selworthy Road, Moss Side. There is armed police and dogs surroundin­g the area.”

The latest operation came just hours after the Home Secretary warned that members of bomber Abedi’s terror network could still be at large.

Ms Rudd said parts of the suicide attacker’s circle were “potentiall­y” unaccounte­d for, despite optimism that a previous wave of arrests had quelled further threats.

On Saturday night, police issued CCTV stills of Abedi, bespectacl­ed and casually clothed, in a plea for informatio­n about his movements between 18 May and the attack.

A matter of hours after he was captured on camera, the 22-year-old was dead, having inflicted an outrage on a pop concert attended predominan­tly by young girls.

The huge police response that followed saw raids in several cities as counter-terror efforts were focused on cornering his suspected criminal ring.

As the huge counter-terror operation continued, the NHS said that 54 people injured in the attack were still being treated in eight hospitals with 19 receiving critical care.

A total of 116 people required hospital care in the wake of the massacre, police previously said.

Another Moss Side resident, who did not want to be named, said he heard a loud explosion “like a bomb going off” and saw a number of police vans in the street.

He said a group of young Middle Eastern men moved into the address around six months ago.

“There’s a group of them knocking about with each other - they’re from the Middle East,” he added.

“A couple of them dress in the traditiona­l Muslim robes.

“There was always a lot of coming and going in and out of that building.

“Every time I’ve been outside my flat there’s someone there or a group of them sitting outside in a car.”

Three men were arrested as police stormed the Moss Side property, but were later “dearrested”, Greater Manchester Police said.

Yesterday US president Donald Trump said Prime Minister Theresa May was “very angry” about leaks to the US media of sensitive informatio­n about the bombing.

Mr Trump tweeted that Mrs May gave him “full details”

An armed policeman stands at the start of the Great Manchester Run in central Manchester yesterday

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