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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Paul Britton

Manchester Arena: Others 'probably knew' what bomber Salman Abedi 'intended to do' and he was 'likely provided with help'

The final report from the Manchester Arena public inquiry into the terrorist attack reveals 'people in Libya probably knew' what suicide bomber Salman Abedi 'intended to do'.

The revelation marks a shift from a previously held position of MI5 that no one other than Abedi and his now jailed brother Hashem were aware of the plot.

Sir John Saunders, the inquiry's chairman, pointed to unnamed and unknown people in Libya, where the brothers visited throughout their lives. He also ruled it was 'likely' the Abedis received practical instruction on how to assemble an improvised explosive device and how to 'avoid detection' while in Libya.

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