Manchester bombing cops find ‘bombmaking workshop’ in attacker Salman Abedi’s Fallowfield home including enough material for MORE devices
A BOMB factory has been found inside the home of suicide attacker Salman Abedi, according to reports.
An expert with alleged links to the investigation told US media that the "workshop" at the killer's home in Fallowfield, Manchester, had enough material for more deadly devices.
The house was raided by heavily armed cops in the wake of Monday night's attack at Manchester Arena.
And claimed investigators found a "huge load of unused chemicals" inside the property.
There is said to be enough material at the address on Elsmore Road to make a deadly arsenal of explosive devices.
Elsewhere in the city, photos emerged showing inside the £75-a-night apartment on Granby Row that Abedi rented in the run-up to his attack.
The ABC report comes as British intelligence officials raged at their American counterparts after a leak of hugely sensitive evidence last night.
An article showed shocking crime scene photos from Manchester Arena — where 22 people were killed on Monday night — including components of Abedi's powerful bomb.
Forensic pictures leaked to the revealed the charred remains of the Karrimor backpack the 22-year-old killer used to conceal the deadly explosive.
Authorities believe the bomber used a small detonator in his left hand to trigger the deadly device.
The silver trigger can be seen smeared with blood.
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Experts reported to have examined the detonator said it contained special circuitry which suggests the nail-packed explosive could be operated remotely.
It has been suggested that an accomplice could have been lurking nearby to trigger the bomb if he bottled out at the last minute.
Elsewhere, British police have been carrying out a series of raids, arresting eight people in Manchester, Wigan and Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
The Nuneaton suspect was pictured being tasered last night as he tried to flee cops from an address owned by a Libyan-born man.
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In his latest statement today, Greater Manchester Police chief constable Ian Hopkins said: "We are now carrying out associated searches at a number of addresses.
"These have been an intense three days for the officers and staff of Greater Manchester Police, along with the National Counter Terrorist Policing Network and UK intelligence services.
"I want to reassure people that the arrests that we have made are significant, and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation."
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