**********, England — British security forces arrested three more suspects Wednesday in connection with the ********** ******* ******* and sent hundreds of soldiers to secure key sites across the country, including Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament at Westminster.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the ******, identified as British-born Libyan Salman Abedi, “likely” did not act alone when he ****** 22 people and ******* dozens at an ************* ******* Monday night in **********. She said he had been known to security forces “up to a point.”

Many at the ******* were young girls and teens enthralled by Grande’s pop power. The youngest ****** of the ******* named so far was just 8 years old.

Officials are examining Abedi’s trips to Libya and possibly Syria as they piece together his allegiances and try to foil any new potential threats. The government said nearly 1,000 soldiers were deployed Wednesday instead of ****** in high-profile sites in London and other locations.

****** said three men were arrested Wednesday in south **********, where a day earlier a 23-year-old man was also arrested and a number of homes were searched.

******* raised its ****** level from ********* to “critical” after an ********* government meeting late Tuesday amid concerns that the 22-year-old Abedi may have accomplices who are planning another ******.

The changing of the guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace was cancelled Wednesday so ****** officers can be re-deployed, *******’s defence ministry said. The traditional ceremony is a major tourist attraction in London.

The Palace of Westminster, which houses the British Parliament in London, was also closed Wednesday to all those without passes, and tours and events there were cancelled until further notice. ***** ****** were also seen on patrol outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, another popular tourist spot.

The Chelsea soccer team announced it would cancel Sunday’s victory parade in London that was to have celebrated the team’s Premier League title win this season.

“We are sure our fans will understand this decision,” the team said, adding that the parade would have diverted ****** from the ******* *************.

******* ****** Abedi was born in ******* to a Libyan family, grew up in **********’s southern suburbs and once attended Salford University there.

****** on Tuesday raided his house, using a controlled ********* to ***** down the door. Neighbors recalled him as a tall, thin young man who often wore traditional Islamic dress and did not talk much.

********** ****** arrested a man early Wednesday at a house just a 10-minute walk from Abedi’s home.

Omar Alfa Khuri, who lives across the street, said he was awakened at 2:30 a.m. by a loud noise and saw ****** take away the father of the family that lives there in handcuffs. He said the man is named Adel and is in his 40s, with a wife and several children.

“There was a policeman, ***** policeman, shouting at my neighbour … and I realized there is something wrong here,” he said. “They arrested the father, and I think the rest of the family kind of disappeared.”

He said he immediately suspected the ****** might be linked to the ******* since “somebody told me they were Libyans, or I read it somewhere.”

He said he knew the man from the neighbourhood and the mosque but “in the last 15 years, I haven’t seen him in trouble at all. I haven’t seen ****** come to his house.”

****** also raided and searched a property elsewhere in ********** where Abedi’s brother Ismail is thought to have lived.

British Prime Minister Theresa May chaired a meeting Wednesday of her ********* security cabinet group to talk about intelligence reports on Abedi and concerns that he might have had outside support.

Officials are probing how often Abedi had travelled to Libya, which has seen an eruption of ***** Islamist groups since dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and ****** in 2011.

France’s interior minister said Abedi is believed to have travelled to Syria and had “proven” links with the Islamic State group. British officials, however, have not commented on whether Abedi had links to IS or other extremist groups.

Rudd said *******’s increased official ****** level will remain at “critical” as the ************* proceeds and won’t be lowered until security services are convinced there is no active plot in place.

She also complained about U.S. officials leaking sensitive information about Abedi to the press. Rudd said *******’s operational security could be harmed by the leaks, taking “the element of surprise” away from security services and ******.

“I have been very clear with our friends that that should not happen again,” she said.

In addition to those ****** in the ******* ******, ********** officials raised to 119 the number of people who sought medical treatment after the ******.

Sixty-four people are still hospitalized, Jon Rouse of the Greater ********** Health and Social Care Partnership said Wednesday. Officials say 20 of them are being treated for critical ********.

Many of them had serious wounds that will require “very long term care and support in terms of their recovery,” Rouse said.

Officials said all those hospitalized had been identified.

As soldiers replaced ***** ****** at Buckingham Palace, 10 ******* Street and Parliament, London ****** Commander Jane Connors said the goal is to “make our city as hostile an environment as possible for terrorists to plan and operate.”