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The UK terror threat level has been raised to its highest level of \u201ccritical\u201d, meaning further attacks may be imminent, Theresa May has said.<\/p>\n

Military personnel will now be deployed to protect key sites under the new threat level.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the mother of Olivia Campbell has named her daughter as the fourth victim of Monday night\u2019s Manchester bombing which killed 22 and injured 59.<\/p>\n

Writing on Facebook, she paid tribute to her \u201cprecious\u201d daughter, aged 15.<\/p>\n

Olivia\u2019s mother, Charlotte Campbell, had issued an emotional plea for information on her daughter\u2019s whereabouts after the Ariana Grande concert.<\/p>\n

The change in terror threat comes after investigators were unable to rule out whether suspect Salman Abedi acted alone, the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Sensible response\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The prime minister said soldiers would be placed in key public locations to support armed police in protecting the public.<\/p>\n

Military personnel may also be seen at other events over the coming weeks, such as concerts, Mrs May said, working under the command of police officers.<\/p>\n

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says the number of UK troops deployed will be in the hundreds not around the 5,000 figure being reported.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said she did not want the public to feel \u201cunduly alarmed\u201d but said it was a \u201cproportionate and sensible response\u201d.<\/p>\n

The highest threat level, which is decided by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre \u2013 a group of experts from the police, government departments and agencies \u2013 has only been reached twice before.<\/p>\n

Met Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, who is the national counter-terrorism policing lead, said the investigation was \u201cfast-moving and making good progress\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, a critical line of inquiry is whether the dead terrorist was acting alone or part of a group,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have critical lines of inquiry they\u2019re chasing down which has led to a level of uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first time the threat level was raised to critical was in 2006 during a major operation to stop a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs.<\/p>\n

The following year, security chiefs raised it once more as they hunted for the men who had tried to bomb a London nightclub, before going on to attack Glasgow Airport.<\/p>\n

\"Penshaw<\/span><\/figure>\n

Former Salford University student Salman Abedi \u2013 understood to be a 22-year-old born in Manchester to parents of Libyan descent \u2013 is thought to have blown himself up in the arena\u2019s foyer shortly after 22:30 BST on Monday.<\/p>\n

Fans were beginning to leave a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.<\/p>\n

Three of his victims have been named \u2013 Saffie Rose Roussos, eight, Georgina Callander \u2013 thought to be 18 \u2013 and John Atkinson, 28.<\/p>\n

So-called Islamic State has said \u2013 via IS channels on the messaging app Telegram \u2013 it was behind the Manchester attack, but this has not been verified.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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