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Salman Abedi, 22, Is Identified as Manchester Arena Bomber
New York Times ^ | MAY 23, 2017 | KATRIN BENNHOLD, STEVEN ERLANGER and CEYLAN YEGINSU

Posted on 05/23/2017 10:35:59 AM PDT by reaganaut1

MANCHESTER, England — A 22-year-old British man whose parents had emigrated from Libya was identified by the police on Tuesday as the bomber who carried out Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack since 2005, an explosion that killed 22 people and injured 59 others at Manchester Arena.

The man, Salman Abedi, lived in a house just 3.5 miles from the arena, where he detonated a homemade bomb in a public concourse around 10:30 p.m. on Monday as a concert by the American pop star Ariana Grande was ending and as crowds of teenagers had begun to leave, many for an adjacent train station. He died in the attack.

At a late afternoon news conference, Chief Constable Ian Hopkins of the Greater Manchester Police identified the bomber as Mr. Abedi after several news publications reported his name, but declined to provide any further details, noting that a coroner had not yet officially identified him.

“The priority remains to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a network,” Constable Hopkins said.

Mr. Abedi’s ID was found at the scene of the bombing, according to a law enforcement official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was still underway. Mr. Abedi was born in Britain in 1994, the son of immigrants from Libya, the official said.

According to neighbors, Mr. Abedi lived with his family in a house in Elsmore Road, in the Fallowfield district. The police raided the house on Tuesday afternoon, after setting off a controlled explosion to gain entry.

A neighbor, Lina Ahmed, said she knew little about the family. “They didn’t really speak to anyone,” she said. “They were nice people if you walked past.” She said the family occasionally displayed a Libyan flag outside the home.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: manchester; salmanabedi
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To: reaganaut1

Damn Amish!


21 posted on 05/23/2017 10:52:34 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: reaganaut1

The NY Times called the bombing suspects parents “immigrants”, but the UK Telegraph used the more precise descriptor of “Refugees”.

Refugees get full freight welfare support.


22 posted on 05/23/2017 10:52:34 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Leaning Right

Thanks to multiculturalism 2nd or 3rd gen might as well be right off the boat.


23 posted on 05/23/2017 10:55:18 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Lurkinanloomin
All mohammedans are subject to Sudden Jihad Syndrome. One never knows when they will follow their prophet’s example and instructions. There are no safe muslims.

Your post reminded me of the opening of Battlestar galactica.

The Cylons were created by Man. They rebelled. They evolved. They look and feel human. Some are programmed to think they are human. There are many copies. And they have a plan.

Save the evolution part we can safely save muslims are cylons

24 posted on 05/23/2017 10:55:38 AM PDT by datricker (Build the wall)
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To: Leaning Right

Really? That’s about the oddest thing I’ve read all day. I’ve been from Maine to Spain, and I’ve never lost my ID even once. Yet this guy just happens to lose his ID on that particular day.

Again, I find that very odd.


Well he blew himself up where the id was found. I don’t think he will be needing it anymore.


25 posted on 05/23/2017 10:56:45 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: reaganaut1
If we could only find out the common denominator:


26 posted on 05/23/2017 10:57:19 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: Leaning Right

Or he was carrying it when he blew himself up. A few pounds of explosives won’t disintegrate or burn an entire body and everything he’s carrying. It may toss his head thirty feet in one direction and his leg in another, but his bits will be mostly there.


27 posted on 05/23/2017 10:57:47 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: Leaning Right

You never exploded yourself


28 posted on 05/23/2017 10:57:50 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: reaganaut1


29 posted on 05/23/2017 11:03:31 AM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

In Islam, one will not find good sects..


30 posted on 05/23/2017 11:06:52 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Leaning Right
Left his ID....

Gee, where have I heard that before....

BERLIN TRUCK TERROR SUSPECT AND THE CURIOUS MATTER OF ID PAPERS LEFT BEHIND Not the First Time a Terror Suspect Apparently Left a Paper Trail -- or Was Previously Known

Sounds like tradecraft to me.

31 posted on 05/23/2017 11:10:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: KarlInOhio

See my reply #31.


32 posted on 05/23/2017 11:11:05 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: sheik yerbouty

Especially with that female genital mutilation thing.


33 posted on 05/23/2017 11:11:21 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Lurkinanloomin

young muslim male + Koran + internet + indifferent authorities + ISIS = mass murder

It would be interesting to trace his online activity and find out who his ‘friends’ were.


34 posted on 05/23/2017 11:12:33 AM PDT by Deo volente ("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)
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To: Leaning Right

Really? That’s about the oddest thing I’ve read all day. I’ve been from Maine to Spain, and I’ve never lost my ID even once. Yet this guy just happens to lose his ID on that particular day.
Again, I find that very odd.


It’s not odd at all.


35 posted on 05/23/2017 11:15:17 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives.have diseased minds.)
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To: reaganaut1

Another murderous muslim scumbag retard!
Why do the Euros put up with this BS?

Our excuse is a closet muslim named `Obama’ and we’re correcting the mistake.

“Death to the infidel who took me in! Who fed me, housed me, put clothes on my back, and on my wives and huge brood of even more resentful of offspring and offered me a job I don’t want ... “
Send them back!


36 posted on 05/23/2017 11:16:02 AM PDT by tumblindice ("Fight for your country." Hector)
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To: reaganaut1

The man, Salman Abedi....

***
That male was not a man.


37 posted on 05/23/2017 11:16:08 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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To: reaganaut1

I’m more interested in the victims and their families not the perpetrator.


38 posted on 05/23/2017 11:25:13 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: reaganaut1

Islam needs to be destroyed


39 posted on 05/23/2017 11:25:17 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: Paladin2

>Second and third gen muzzies are the worst. No way to vet for that...

Could just send them all home. As far as I’m concerned freedom of religion is only for Christian religions. 3ed world death cults go return to the hell holes they came from.


40 posted on 05/23/2017 11:31:06 AM PDT by JohnyBoy
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