alert. critical. the first time since they reached that stage since the aftermath of the 7-7 attacks in 2005. thousands of armed troops are patrolling landmarks in london and beyond. as officials say they fear another attack may be imminent. not to be overshadowed by this, we re learning more about the 22 people that died in monday s horrific attack. we told you yesterday about 8-year-old saffie, the youngest. more on the investigation later in this hour. first to rick leventhal live in manchester. rick? shepard, we learned from u.s. defense officials saying that the bomber, salman abedi, spent three weeks in libya before traveling to london. a few days before monday s attack. manchester police are focused on tracking down anyone that had any connection whatsoever to abedi.
a small detonator found on the floor there. and then these are some of the shrapnel. you remember that some of the victims had shrapnel wounds. this was a crew on the floor. they think that was in the bomb. this is a bolt here filled with that sort of thing to provide for maximum death and destruction. the box office here. this is the spot where the bomber set it off. there s the box office, the interest of the thing. they blow the torso of the bomber may have been found here at the arena exit. the british secretary told sky news salman abedi did not act alone and security forces knew about him up to a point. france s interior minister says the intelligence services had information showing that abedi had proven links to isis. as they dig through his past, the united kingdom is on highest
say he was aware of all the details of the plan. a former libyan official says that the father used to be part of a group backed by al-quaida. the dad says that that s not true. more on what else he had to say a head of his arrest. there s word in the last hour that the suspected bomber s mother warned security officials that her son was dangerous and he supported suicide bombings. all of these details developing quickly as security services work to track down anybody that helped to carry out this gruesome attack that led to 22 deaths and dozens of injuries. i think it s very clear that this is a network that we are investigating. as i said, it continues at a pace, this inextensive investigation is going on and activities across greater manchester as we speak. clear that they re investigating a network. i mentioned the accused bomber s father did speak out telling the associated press by phone his
find out if you can get your first prescription at no cost by visiting myrbetriq.com the trial of the surviving boston marathon accused bomber is not in session today, but what an incredible week. the jurors got to see for themselves the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev was cornered and captured and where he scrawled a message in apparent belief that he was about to be killed. he didn t die. they also had a chance to hear so some searing testimony from police officers who engaged both of the tsarnaev brothers in a brief hand-to-hand combat. one officer so close he was locking eyes with tamerlan tsarnaev who was driving a stolen suv.
that s against company policy as well. i want to keep my special contacts. i don t want to lose your cell phone number if i were ever to leave. i will change it on you. you will. you have a couple of times. the father of the 8-year-old boy who was actually killed in the boston bombing is expected to testify at the trial of accused bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev today. in opening statements prosecutors painted him as a cold blooded killer. his defense attorney told jurors dzhokhar tsarnaev committed the crime saying it was him but said tsarnaev was influenced by his older brother. given the amount of evidence that the government has, i would suggest that it s the only strategy. reporter: the strategy is to save tsarnaev from a death sentence, but showing his older brother was the mastermind of the plot. four bombing victims testified yesterday the defense did not ask a single defense of any of them. a teenager from virginia is reportedly under arrest accused of recruiting for