Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain on Saturday lowered the terror threat level which was hiked after this week's carnage in Manchester as police pushed forward with their investigation, arresting two more people.
The decision to reduce the threat level from critical to severe was announced by Prime Minister Theresa May who said there were now 11 suspects in custody over Monday night's bombing targeting young fans at a pop concert.
The latest arrests took place early on Saturday with police detaining two men, aged 20 and 22, in north Manchester.
Later in the day, police evacuated Moss Side in the south as they raided a property there, with a bomb disposal vehicle also at the scene, an AFP correspondent said.
So far, police are holding 11 suspects over Monday's blast at the end of a gig by US pop idol Ariana Grande which killed 22 people, a third of them children.
Another 116 were injured in the blast which was claimed by the extremist Islamic State group.
Police in Libya also detained the father and brother of the bomber, 22-year-old Salman Abedi.
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