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| Evacuation after police probing Manchester attack find car 'significant to inquiry' | Evacuation after police probing Manchester attack find car 'significant to inquiry' |
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| Police investigating the Manchester terrorist attack have found a car which they believe might be “significant” to the inquiry. | Police investigating the Manchester terrorist attack have found a car which they believe might be “significant” to the inquiry. |
| Greater Manchester Police say there is a 100m cordon in place around the car on Devell House, not far from Banff Road, and are urging people to avoid the area. | |
| According to Manchester Evening News, about 30 officers have entered a block of student accommodation on Oxford Road, near the police cordon. | |
| Students have reportedly been evacuated. | |
| Homes in the area have been evacuated. The Manchester Royal Infirmary will be open as normal but people are being evacuated from Ronald McDonald House as a precaution, police say. | Homes in the area have been evacuated. The Manchester Royal Infirmary will be open as normal but people are being evacuated from Ronald McDonald House as a precaution, police say. |
| Ronald McDonald House provides free accommodation for families whose children are being treated in the children's hospital. | Ronald McDonald House provides free accommodation for families whose children are being treated in the children's hospital. |
| The white Nissan Micra is possibly linked to terrorist Salman Abedi, police believe. | The white Nissan Micra is possibly linked to terrorist Salman Abedi, police believe. |
| “Officers are currently at the location and are assessing the car.” | “Officers are currently at the location and are assessing the car.” |
| Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson said: “This is potentially a significant development in the investigation. The car is a white Nissan Micra that has been located at Devell Court, not far from Banff Road. | Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson said: “This is potentially a significant development in the investigation. The car is a white Nissan Micra that has been located at Devell Court, not far from Banff Road. |
| “We are very interested in anything people can tell us about the movements of this car, and who was in it, over the past few months.” | “We are very interested in anything people can tell us about the movements of this car, and who was in it, over the past few months.” |
| The car is parked near Banff Road, where Abedi returned repeatedly carrying a blue suitcase in the run-up to the bombing at Manchester Arena. | The car is parked near Banff Road, where Abedi returned repeatedly carrying a blue suitcase in the run-up to the bombing at Manchester Arena. |
| Police are attempting to piece together the bomber’s movements from when he flew back from Libya on May 18 and the attack four days later. | Police are attempting to piece together the bomber’s movements from when he flew back from Libya on May 18 and the attack four days later. |