--- description: After describing the suicide bomb as "the worst attack the city has experienced," May said the attack was carried out by one man title: Transcript: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Manchester image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c43e12adfece217/6988ce7086f68e376e6e4d3f/gettyimages-687115372.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read British Prime Minister Theresa May's Full Remarks on the Manchester Attack by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2017 10:54 AM CUT  Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media after chairing a meeting of the Government’s emergency COBRA committee at Downing Street on May 23, 2017 in London, England. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media after chairing a meeting of the Government’s emergency COBRA committee at Downing Street on May 23, 2017 in London, England.Carl Court—Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2017 10:54 AM CUT British Prime Minister [Theresa May](http://time.com/4765464/theresa-may-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ "undefined") has made a full statement following the[ terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert](http://time.com/4789854/manchester-ariana-grande-concert-blast-tweet/ "undefined") in Manchester, northern England, on Monday evening. After describing yesterday’s suicide bomb as “the worst attack the city has experienced,” May said that the police believe that the attack was carried out by one man and know his identity, but are not yet revealing his name. “They now need to know whether he was acting along or as part of a wider group,” she added. May has [suspended the general election campaign](http://time.com/4761708/britain-general-election-brexit-poll-lord-ashcroft/ "undefined") and is instead travelling to Manchester today to meet Ian Hopkins, the Chief Constable of Manchester Police, as well as Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and members of the emergency services. Read the Prime Minister’s remarks in full below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4790103/theresa-may-reacts-manchester-suicide-bomb/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4790103/theresa-may-reacts-manchester-suicide-bomb/"},"headline":"Read British Prime Minister Theresa May's Full Remarks on the Manchester Attack","datePublished":"2017-05-23T10:54:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:59:14.608Z","description":"'It is the worst attack the city has experienced'","url":"https://time.com/4790103/theresa-may-reacts-manchester-suicide-bomb/","keywords":["United Kingdom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c43e12adfece217/6988ce7086f68e376e6e4d3f/gettyimages-687115372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c43e12adfece217/6988ce7086f68e376e6e4d3f/gettyimages-687115372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Prime Minister Responds To Manchester Terrorist Attack","caption":"The Prime Minister Responds To Manchester Terrorist Attack","creditText":"Carl Court—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4790103/theresa-may-reacts-manchester-suicide-bomb/","name":"Read British Prime Minister Theresa May's Full Remarks on the Manchester Attack"}}]}] ```