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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

How family and Libya conflict radicalised Manchester Arena bomber

Police officers outside a residential property in Fallowfield, south Manchester, the area where Salman Abedi grew up
Police officers outside a residential property in Fallowfield, south Manchester, the area where Salman Abedi grew up. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Although Salman Abedi was born in Manchester, on New Year’s Eve in 1994, his path to becoming one of the UK’s most deadly terrorists began in Libya, the country of his parents’ birth.

It was from there that Ramadan Abedi and Samia Tabbal fled in 1993, claiming asylum in the UK on the basis that they faced persecution under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. The couple went on to establish new lives in Fallowfield, south Manchester, with their children attending local schools.

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