between this incident and lancashire. we know that malik akram grew up here and lived here for much of his life. he has a large family who live in this area and during the siege on saturday his brother, gulbar, was here in the police station in blackburn trying to negotiate with him via the fbi and with british officers liaising with him as well. he was trying to persuade his brother to give himself up, albeit unsuccessfully, but he was involved with that and issued a statement after his brother died confirming his death and apologising to the victims, saying his brother had been suffering from mental health issues. there are, of course, all sorts of questions to answer. how did malik akram manage to leave the country, travel to the united states, be allowed into the us and then buy a gun and get involved in what happened on saturday and carry out this hostagetaking incident? so that is where the investigation will focus
hostagetaking incident? so that is where the investigation will focus, where the investigation will focus, where the investigation will focus, where the people helping him or was he suffering from mental health issues and acting alone? now, we know greater manchester police, who are the neighbouring faucet to lancashire, made two arrests of two teenagers in south manchester yesterday evening. we don t know whether they are male or female, we don t know their age either, so waiting for more information on that, but that is not unusual in these sorts of incidents. police, counterterrorism officers quickly look at the contacts and known people to whoever was involved in such an incident and often make arrests for people to be questioned and it is not unusual for them to be released without charge subsequently. we don t know whether that will happen in this case, but that will happen in this case, but thatis that will happen in this case, but that is often the pattern that this sort of thi