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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

An extremist ‘Petri dish brimming with germs’: How Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was radicalised

PA Media

The life of the Manchester Arena bomber was an extremist “Petri dish absolutely brimming with germs”, the inquiry into the terror attack has concluded.

A damning 226-page report detailed how Isis-supporting Salman Abedi was exposed to “malign presences” through his family and friendship group, including being taken to Libya to fight in the country’s civil war.

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