utmost professionalism. 400 police officers were involved in the operation through the night and many paramedics, doctors, and nurses have worked valiantly amid traumatic and terrible scenes to save lives and care for the wounded. significant resources have been deployed to the police investigation and there continue to be visible controls around manchester which include the deployment of armed officers. so people who live and work in manchester, there remains a large cordon in place around manchester arena and victoria station which will be in place for some time. the station is closed and will remain closed while a detailed forensic search is underway. we know that many friends and relatives of people caught up in the attack are still trying to find out what has happened to their children, brotherssistd ones. so, please, think of those
they acted in accordance with the plans they have in place and the exercises they conduct to test those plans, and they performed with the utmost professionalism. 400 police officers were involved in the operation through the night and many paramedics, doctors and nurses have worked valiantly amid traumatic and terrible scenes to save lives and care for the wounded. significant resources have been deployed to the police investigation, and there continue to be visible patrols around manchester which include the deployment of armed officers. for people who live and work in manchester, there remains a large cordon in place around manchester arena and victoria station. the station is closed and will remain closed while a detailed forensic search is under way. we know many friends and relatives of people caught up in the attack are still trying to
justice. the police and curt services believe that the attack was carried out by one man, but they now need to know whether he was acting alone for his part of a wider group. it will take time to establish these facts and the investigation will continue. the police and security services will be given all the resources they need to complete that task. the police and security services believe they know the identity of the perpetrator. but at this stage of the investigations, we cannot confirm his name. the police and emergency services have, as always, acted with great courage. on behalf of the country, i want to express our gratitude to them. they acted in accordance with the plans they had in place and exercises to test those plans and performed with utmost professionalism. 400 police officers were involved in the operation