This is a long article but the info released in the briefing is interesting.
Manchester bombing: police say Salman Abedi did not act alone
Investigators say accomplices were aware the 22-year-old student was about to carry out
attack on Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people
By Nazia Parveen | The Guardian | July 6, 2017, 11:36 EDTTerrorism investigators have confirmed that they believe the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, did not act alone when preparing his attack on an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people.
In a briefing to the media on Thursday, investigators said that others may have been complicit in helping Abedi. Counter-terrorism officers have said that accomplices of the 22-year-old college student were aware that he was about to carry out the deadliest terror attack on UK soil since the 7/7 bombings.
Investigators revealed that although Abedi was not part of a terror network, there were others who knew he was planning to detonate a substantial nail bomb at the Ariana Grande concert.
Following the revelations, counter-terrorism officers repeatedly told a packed media conference that they were seeking to speak to Abedi’s younger brother, Hashem, 20. They have contacted Libyan authorities, but it was insinuated that they were anticipating lengthy complications before a request for access to Hashem was granted.
Hashem was arrested in Libya shortly after the explosion on 22 May, along with their father, Ramadan. Both are being held by the Special Deterrence Force, also called Rada.
In an interview with Reuters, Ahmed bin Salem, Rada’s spokesman, previously said Hashem helped his brother to buy bomb-making equipment in Britain.
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