British Police Search Address in Wigan After Manchester Attack

British police have cordoned off Springfield Street, Wigan near Manchester, as search operations are underway.

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Springfield Street, Wigan has been evacuated for the second time in a week since the Manchester suicide bomb attack. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter Screen Shot/<a href="https://twitter.com/joe_thomas18">Joe Thomas</a>)
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Springfield Street, Wigan has been evacuated for the second time in a week since the Manchester suicide bomb attack. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter Screen Shot/Joe Thomas)
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British police said on Tuesday that they were searching an address in Wigan near Manchester in connection with a suicide bomb attack which killed 22 at a pop concert at Manchester Arena last week. Wigantoday, the website of local newspaper Wigan Post, posted a video of a bomb disposal van arriving at a property in Wigan, which is approximately 17 miles west of Manchester.

We are currently searching a property in Springfield Street in Wigan in relation to last Monday’s attack on Manchester Arena. There is a cordon in place and we are asking people to avoid the area.
Greater Manchester Police

Twitter user Joe Thomas tweeted on Tuesday:

Another tweet by Thomas also suggests that this is the second time in a week that the police have searched the area.

(With inputs from Reuters.)

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