British Police Search Address in Wigan After Manchester Attack

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

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:

This is the scene on Springfield Street, Wigan, where the bomb squad has left but forensics appear to be searching property pic.twitter.com/4VIFJ4Itmc

— Joe Thomas (@joe_thomas18) May 30, 2017

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

Lots saying same thing here: Unsure why police evacuated street when been in property all week - what could they have found new today?

— Joe Thomas (@joe_thomas18) May 30, 2017

(With inputs from Reuters.)

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