Acrackdown on the suspected terror network behind the Manchester Arena suicide bomber extended to the south coast early on Monday as police made the latest arrest in a fast-moving investigation.
Gun-carrying officers swooped on sites across Manchester in a flurry of armed raids and arrests over the weekend as they worked to stamp out any lingering threat from co-conspirators to Monday's massacre.
The total number of people in custody over the attack rose to 14 when a 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of terror offences in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, early on Monday.
Salman Abedi killed 22 people when his home-made suicide device tore through crowds leaving an Ariana Grande concert.
With the intense series of police operations showing no signs of abating:
- A 25-year-old man was held on suspicion of terror offences in the Old Trafford district.
- Thousands of runners turned out defiantly for the Great Manchester Run, pounding the streets of the city amid a heightened security operation.
- The NHS said 54 people injured in the attack were still being treated in eight hospitals with 19 receiving critical care.
- Home Secretary Amber Rudd revealed temporary exclusion orders, banning suspected jihadis from returning to the UK, had been used for the first time.
- CCTV stills of Abedi, bespectacled and casually clothed, were released by police in a plea for information about his movements between May 18 and the attack.
- A vigil, attended by hundreds, was held for 29-year-old victim Martyn Hett in Stockport.
On Sunday, counter-terror officers stormed addresses in Gorton, Rusholme and Moss Side.
Explosions were reported at several of the searches, but police would not comment on whether controlled blasts were used to gain entry.
Three people were arrested - and quickly de-arrested - during the afternoon's operation at Quantock Street, Moss Side, leading them to post an outraged sign on their front door.
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