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Manchester attack: Bomber linked to wider network, recently returned from Libya

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Manchester: UK bomber returned from Libya days before attack - CNN.com

A woman has been arrested during a raid on a block of flats in Blackley in connection with the Manchester Arena suicide bombing, the UK Press Association reported Wednesday, citing Greater Manchester Police.

The 22-year-old behind the deadly bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester was linked to a wider network and had returned from Libya just days before launching his attack, officials say.

Police named Salman Abedi, a British-born national of Libyan descent, as the bomber in the attack on Manchester Arena, which killed at least 22 people, including children, on Monday night. Abedi died in what appears to have been a suicide bombing.


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"It is very clear that this is a network we are investigating," Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said Wednesday following a series of raids and arrests.
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So we have a family of Islamic terrorists within a larger network of Islamic terrorists. This isn't just a one-off exception to Islam. This is a larger slice of the Islamic community at work in Europe. Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, friends, and associates.
 
Erod said:
Manchester: UK bomber returned from Libya days before attack - CNN.com



So we have a family of Islamic terrorists within a larger network of Islamic terrorists. This isn't just a one-off exception to Islam. This is a larger slice of the Islamic community at work in Europe. Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, friends, and associates.
Click to expand...

Brother of Manchester bomber arrested in Libya

In Libya, a brother of Abedi -- identified as 20-year-old Hashim Ramadan Abu Qassem al-Abedi -- was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of links to ISIS, according to a statement from a Tripoli militia known as the Special Deterrence Force. The militia, nominally under the control of the Interior Ministry, published the statement on their Facebook page.

The younger Abedi was allegedly planning a terror attack in Libya at the time of his arrest, the militia reported. He was picked up while allegedly receiving a money transfer from Salman Abedi.​
 
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