british authorities identified salman abedi as the bomber who was responsible for monday 's explosion in manchester which killed more than 20 " very important " items have been found in property searches after the manchester attack and " significant " arrests have been made , say police .
 
ms macintyre 's parents have said in a statement that their daughter is in a critical british police have stopped sharing evidence from the investigation only .
british authorities identified salman abedi as the bomber who was responsible for monday 's explosion ... ( associated press ) undated handout photo from an unnamed source made available on wednesday may 24 , 2017 of salman abedi .
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eilidh macleod , 14 , was killed in the blast at the ariana grande concert in manchester on monday evening , which she attended with her close friend laura macintyre , 15 , who was located in hospital nearly 20 hours after the incident .
two more people were arrested overnight in greater manchester , following other raids and arrests on wednesday in manchester , wigan and nuneaton in warwickshire .
downing street was not behind the decision by greater manchester police to stop sharing information with the bomber in the manchester terrorist attack appeared to have carried a powerful explosive in a lightweight metal container concealed either within a black vest or a blue karrimor backpack , and may have held a small switch in his left hand , according to preliminary information gathered by british authorities .