now, members of the manchester islamic center not far from salman abedi's home strongly condemn the attackake clear these types of cowardly acts do not represent their faith. >> the horrific atrocity that occurred in manchester on monday night has shocked us all. it has, indeed, shocked us all. this act of cowardice has no place in our religion or any other religion for that matter. >> well, joining me now is the chief executive of a company provided expertise on counterterrorism and also the director of the center for muslim affairs here in the uk. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> we heard from the manchester islamic center, we have heard from many other muslims saying stop associating us with these types of acts. what has been your reaction over the last several days since we learned the identity of the bomber? >> i'm a mancunian and like all mancunian and as a muslim we are shocked and appalled by this act. you know, there's been a statement by isis that this person was one of their soldiers and he was fighting crusaders. i want to make it clear that no -- the person who commi

fawzi haffar/manchester islamic center: this act of cowardice has no place in our religion. or any religion for that matter. sky news in britain now has security camera photos...which they say show the suicide bomber friday.....in a manchester shopping center. it's believed this shows salman abedi shortly after he bought the backpack used in the bomb attack.. meantime....all the victims' family members have now been notified.... and british police are continuing raids....while looking for other suspects. aside from the 7 people in custody....say there could be more arrests to come.. pam and steve? (steve) in the east bay. . . . a 9-year-old boy gets hit by a stray bullet while walking his puppy.it happened in oakland's fruitvale neighborhood sunday night. . .the boy was walking with family members and his puppy. . . to a grocery store. family members say they heard a loud noise. . . but kept walking.seconds later. . . the boy complained of a stomach ache. . .not realizing he had been shot.we're told he is now in stable condition at the oakland childrens' hospital. his family

manchester is a city that's seen recent bombings before but not of those targeted in this recent attack. back in 1996 a shopping center was dropped by a 1,000 kilogram bomb planted. since the specter of islamicm has been in the background here. in fact there was a plot thwarted back in 2016. and manchester has been raising its security level to raise potential exercises to avoid situations like this. the fact this may have been a bombing rather than a knife attack or a car attack like we've seen in the last couple of months, really changes the game. it could be the first time we've seen that since all the way back in london, the bombings in the tubes, and there was already more than two years ago. >> now, we don't have a claim of responsibility yet. but as you mentioned, a suicide bombing if indeed that's what happened at 10:35 p.m. in manchester yesterday, that's a whole another level of sophistication and planning. you need tattoo make the bomb, send a person out to detonate the bomb. at this point i'm officials and law enforcement and counter terrorism officials are scrambling to try to find out as quickly as they can who the individual is and whether or not he was helped or assisted by a

manchester has a lot of radicals and they come out of islamic centers. we need to get in there and get after them. >> shannon: what can we learn from the bomb itself? a lot have things that will help you trace, some kind of clues as to who is behind it. they'll get a young kid. radicalized to carry oust the mission. >> once -- he didn't care about the kids he blew in half. the people he made go away. he wanted paradise. you can tell the bombs they made because of the project tiles, the nuts, bolts and nails to put on the outside of the belt. i haven't seen any footage. i'm assuming it's a suicide vest that blows everything out. that has been learned from militants th. is not something a kid got online and figured out how to make an explosion. this is projectile. got in there somehow. the bad thing is it's not the bomb, it's the ideology. we need to talk to the scholars and clerics the ones who are radicalizing. we can't kill our way to victory. >> shannon: if he was to dangerous areas, there are some reports and waiting more confirmation that he was on t

manchester, england, terrorized the city center is still locked down. this attack took place two years to day after a british soldier, lee rigby was hacked to death on the streets of london by islamic terrorists. the manchester attack coincided with president trump's mideast trip where he confronted islamic terror. the timing, yes, it occurred just as the summer concert season gets underway. prime minister theresa may says the attack targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. and president trump said so many young, beautiful people. this is "varney & company." ♪ >> oh, my god! >> what happened. (bleep) what's going on? oh, my god! . we stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the united kingdom. so many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives, murdered by evil losers. stuart: that was president trump speaking about the terror attack at an ariana grande concert in manchester, england. 22 dead and dozens more injured. we have the latest on this. ashley: we do. we heard police believe they know the identity of the attker, the person who set off this device. they have not named them, they say it would not be helpful and w