British PM: UK Has Raised Terror Threat Level, Believes Second Attack Imminent

British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street following the Manchester Arena Attack. Theresa May gives Manchester attack statement, London, UK - 23 May 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images)

Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain’s threat level from terrorism has been raised to critical — meaning an attack may be imminent.

May says Salman Abadi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert in Manchester, may have been part of a bigger network.

She said Abadi was born and raised in Britain.

The level previously stood at the second-highest rung of “severe” for several years.

May said critical status means armed soldiers may be deployed instead of police at public events such as sports matches.

 

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  1. Our British friends need our support! Ñot merely Trump’s chest thumping provocations!

  2. ”She said Abadi was born and raised in Britain.”

    Showing – yet again – how proposed bans on Muslim immigrants are patently absurd to all but the stoopidest.

  3. Taking a page from the Bush administration playbook post 9/11. Fuck you, May.

  4. I do wonder if the government pronouncement is more politics driven, with an election in just a couple of weeks.

  5. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    So what she’s saying (in part) is that she and the rest of her upper-class friends have helped make england a fertile recruiting ground for people who take credit for suicide bombers?

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