Manchester police stop sharing info with US after leaks, report says

UK police investigating Monday night's bomb attack at the Manchester Arena have stopped sharing information with US colleagues following a series of media leaks, the BBC reports.

Home secretary Amber Rudd criticised US security officials after media in the States released attacker Salman Abedi's name before police had confirmed his identity.

Abedi killed 22 people and injured dozens of others in a suicide bomb attack at an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night, and UK security officials were further outraged when The New York Times published a series of photos from the investigation into the explosion.

The Times' s piece showed pictures of debris, bullets and other evidence left in the wake of the incident, enraging security forces in Manchester.

The Times' piece showed pictures of debris, bullets and other evidence left in the wake of the incident

A spokesperson for the National Police Chiefs council said late on Wednesday that the trust between the two intelligence communities had been breached.

"These relationships enable us to collaborate and share privileged and sensitive information that allows us to defeat terrorism and protect the public at home and abroad,” the statement said.

"When that trust is breached it undermines these relationships, and undermines our investigations and the confidence of victims, witnesses and their families.

British PM Theresa May is expected to raise the matter with US President Donald Trump during a NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday. May raised the terror threat level in Britain to "critical" following the Manchester bomb, meaning another terrorist attack could be imminent.