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Article snippet: ■ Salman Abedi was most likely part of a “network” that might have helped him carry out the Manchester bombing that killed 22 people and that could be planning further assaults, British officials said on Wednesday. ■ Mr. Abedi’s younger brother, Hashem, 20, was arrested in Libya by a powerful Islamist militia that has accused him of being a member of the Islamic State. Their father was also held. ■ Salman Abedi recently traveled to Libya, his family said, and he may have visited Syria, according to a security official. ■ The New York Times was given access to photographs of materials found at the scene of the Manchester bombing that show a detonator, shrapnel and a battery. ■ The American pop singer Ariana Grande is suspending her tour until at least June 5. It was after her concert in Manchester that the terrorist attack occurred. View more photographs from the investigation and aftermath of the attack here. A powerful Islamist militia in Tripoli said on Wednesday that it had arrested Mr. Abedi’s 20-year-old brother, Hashem, at the family’s home in the Libyan capital on Tuesday, and said that he was a member of the Islamic State who was planning an attack in Tripoli. “We have been following him for at least a month and a half now,” said Ahmed Omran, a spokesman for the militia, known as the Special Deterrence Force. Later, Mr. Omran said the group was also holding the father, Ramadan Abedi, who is also known as Abu Ismail. The Special Deterrence Force, or Rada, ... Link to the full article to read more