<div><div>Leaks from an investigation into the Manchester terror attack are undermining the probe, British police said today as the BBC reported that police had stopped sharing information with the US.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>A spokesman for Britain's anti-terror police said in a statement that British investigators relied on trust with security partners around the world.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>"These relationships enable us to collaborate and share privileged and sensitive information that allows us to defeat terrorism and protect the public at home and abroad," the spokesman said.<br /><br /></div><div>"When that trust is breached it undermines these relationships and undermines our investigations and the confidence of victims, witnesses and their families," he said.<br /><br /></div><div>"This damage is even greater when it involves unauthorised disclosure of potential evidence in the middle of a major counter terrorism investigation".<br /><br /></div><div>The BBC today reported that Britain had stopped sharing information with US law enforcement "because of a series of leaks thought to have come from the American intelligence community".<br /><br /></div><div>Contacted by AFP, Greater Manchester Police declined to comment on the BBC report.<br /><br /></div><div>The New York Times published yesterday what appeared to be police photographs showing fragments from the bomb and a backpack used to conceal it. </div></div>
<div><div>Leaks from an investigation into the Manchester terror attack are undermining the probe, British police said today as the BBC reported that police had stopped sharing information with the US.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>A spokesman for Britain's anti-terror police said in a statement that British investigators relied on trust with security partners around the world.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>"These relationships enable us to collaborate and share privileged and sensitive information that allows us to defeat terrorism and protect the public at home and abroad," the spokesman said.<br /><br /></div><div>"When that trust is breached it undermines these relationships and undermines our investigations and the confidence of victims, witnesses and their families," he said.<br /><br /></div><div>"This damage is even greater when it involves unauthorised disclosure of potential evidence in the middle of a major counter terrorism investigation".<br /><br /></div><div>The BBC today reported that Britain had stopped sharing information with US law enforcement "because of a series of leaks thought to have come from the American intelligence community".<br /><br /></div><div>Contacted by AFP, Greater Manchester Police declined to comment on the BBC report.<br /><br /></div><div>The New York Times published yesterday what appeared to be police photographs showing fragments from the bomb and a backpack used to conceal it. </div></div>