Manchester Arena suicide bomber identified by Police
The Greater Manchester police have identified the suicide bomber behind yesterday's terror attack at Ariana Grande's concert as 22 year old Salman Abedi.
Ian Hopkins,Greater Manchester Chief Constable in a statement said:
Based on reports,Salman Abedi is a university dropout,who was born in Manchester in 1994 to Libyan parents and attended Salford University where he studied business and management for two years before dropping out.
Investigations points to the fact that he might have travelled to Manchester by train from London before the attack.He is believed to have lived at Elsmore road in Manchester.
Police are now investigating if he carried out the attack as a lone wolf or if he was part of a wider network,he died at the arena yesterday.
''I can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity has been named as 22 year old Salman Abedi.
''However,he has not yet been formally identified and i wouldn't wish therefore to comment further.
''The priority remains to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a network.''
Based on reports,Salman Abedi is a university dropout,who was born in Manchester in 1994 to Libyan parents and attended Salford University where he studied business and management for two years before dropping out.
Investigations points to the fact that he might have travelled to Manchester by train from London before the attack.He is believed to have lived at Elsmore road in Manchester.
Police are now investigating if he carried out the attack as a lone wolf or if he was part of a wider network,he died at the arena yesterday.
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