May 25, 2017 4:48 AM

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British general election campaign to resume tomorrow

Britain's political parties would resume local-level campaigning tomorrow for the June 8 snap polls following a nationwide minute's silence, days after suspending efforts due to the Manchester terror attack in which 22 people were killed and over 100 injured.<br/><br/>Officials said that the ruling Conservatives and Opposition Labour will resume national-level campaigning on Friday. <br/><br/>The UK will hold the nationwide minute's silence at 1530 IST tomorrow in memory of the victims of Monday night's terror attack, officials said in a statement, adding that flags would remain at half-mast until tomorrow evening.<br/><br/>A 22-year-old Libyan-origin suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, set off a powerful homemade bomb at a concert of US pop star Ariana Grande in Manchester, killing at least 22 people and injuring 119 others. It was the deadliest terror attack in Britain since the 2005 London bombings.'<br/>'<br/>Prime Minister Theresa May last month called for snap elections on June 8, asserting that it is the only way to guarantee political stability in the country for years after the UK leaves the European Union.

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