Britain has increased its security threat level to \u201ccritical\u201d from \u201csevere\u201d following a suicide attack in Manchester that killed 22 people, including children, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday….<\/b>
\nBritain has increased its security threat level to \u201ccritical\u201d from \u201csevere\u201d following a suicide attack in Manchester that killed 22 people, including children, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday. Britain\u2019s armed forces will be deployed to boost security at key sites to free up police for patrols and military personnel might be deployed at public events such as concerts and sports events as a further attack was seen as potentially imminent. May said the independent body which sets the threat level had recommended it be raised from \u201csevere\u201d after a man set off an improvised bomb on Monday night as crowds streamed out of a concert. \u201cIt is now concluded on the basis of today\u2019s investigations that the threat level should be increased for the time being from severe to critical, \u201d she said in a televised statement after a meeting of the government\u2019s crisis response committee. \u201cThis means that their assessment is not only that an attack remains highly likely but that a further attack may be imminent.\u201d Britain\u2019s international terror threat level was last at the critical level in June 2007. May, who is due to contest a national election on June 8, said the man named by police as the attacker, Salman Abedi, was born and brought up in Britain and investigations into whether he was working alone were ongoing. \u201cThe work undertaken throughout the day has revealed that it is a possibility we cannot ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack, \u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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