UK police arrest 15th person connected with Manchester attack

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Reuters

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Sun, 28 May 2017 - 10:01 GMT

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Reuters

Sun, 28 May 2017 - 10:01 GMT

A police officer guards the entrance to a street in the Moss Side area of Manchester during an operation as part of the investigation into the suicide bombing on Monday 22 - AFP

A police officer guards the entrance to a street in the Moss Side area of Manchester during an operation as part of the investigation into the suicide bombing on Monday 22 - AFP

LONDON - 29 May 2017: British police arrested a 19-year-old man on Sunday, the 15th person to be taken into custody in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing that killed 22 people.

The arrest was made during a raid in the Gorton area of Manchester on "suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act", the Greater Manchester police said in a statement on Twitter.

Police said earlier on Sunday they were also searching an address in Rusholme area.

Thirteen men are now in custody after a man and a woman were released without charge.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru, editing by David Evans)

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