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Muslim children and their

artappraiser — Sat, 27 May 2017 17:24:17 +0000

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Muslim children and their relatives march to Manchester Arena to show their revulsion at bombing

By Patrick Sawyer @ The Telegraph, May 27

Hundreds of Muslim families marched with their children to the Manchester Arena to show their revulsion at the terror attack purportedly carried out in the name of their faith.

Carrying We Love Manchester banners and brightly coloured balloons they walked from the Cheetham Hill area of the city to the site of the devastating bombing, which killed 22 people, including many children, and wounded dozens of others.

Community leaders from North Manchester Jamia Mosque organised the walk to show their disgust at the actions of bomber Salman Abedi and express their support for his victims. [.....] Moin Azmi, spokesman for the Jamia mosque, said young Muslims had been left deeply disturbed by the attack on a pop concert.

He said: “It was really good to see people driving past supporting us. That’s the image we want to show - that we are a part of society campaigning against the terrorist.

“The children were more upset this time because other children had been killed. Children were killed when they should have been having fun. It’s such an important age for them. We want them to know they are on the right side of what’s been going on.” [....]

Soldiers to patrol UK streets

artappraiser — Wed, 24 May 2017 01:36:22 +0000

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Soldiers to patrol UK streets as threat raised to critical after Manchester bombing

Theresa May raises level for first time since 2007, signalling that further attack may be imminent

@ TheGuardian.com, May 23

[....] The prime minister said: “The police have asked for authorisation from the secretary of state for defence to deploy a number of military personnel in support of their armed officers.”

This means some armed police officers guarding events will be replaced by soldiers in an operation codenamed Temperer. It is the first time that the operation, which was first revealed in 2015, has been put into effect. The plan is believed to allow up to 5,000 troops to be deployed in support of the police, replacing armed officers at many sites to free them up for patrols in key areas [.....]

On basis of findings from

artappraiser — Wed, 24 May 2017 00:54:31 +0000

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On basis of findings from today's investigations, the terror threat level in Britain has been raised to top level "Critical", only the 3rd time that has happened:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/world/europe/manchester-arena-attack-ariana-grande.html