Manchester Arena Bomber Has Been Identified Named As British Libyan Jihadist, Salman Abedi

The suicide bomber responsible for last
night's terrorist attack at the Manchester
Arena has been identified and named as
Salman Abedi.



The 22-year-old detonated a
bomb just towards the end of Ariana
Grande's concert, leading to the death of
22 people with many others injured.



Abedi's identity was revealed after teams of
armed cops swooped on his address in
Fallowfield, Manchester. Theresa May had
earlier stated that the attacker was known
to the authorities prior to the attack and
that security services were working to
establish if he was acting alone or as part
of a terror cell.


The police have already
arrested a 23-year-old man in connection
with the attack as investigation continues.



A mother, Emma Johnson, believes she saw
the suicide bomber just before he carried
out the attack. Ms. Johnson had gone to the
concert to collect her daughter, 15, and
son, 17, and was waiting in the foyer when
she said she saw a person in an "intense"
red coloured top among the sea of teens
dressed in Ariana themed pink, white and
black clothes.



She told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I was about 15
feet away from the blast. We were waiting
for our children to come out and we stood
at the top of the foyer - you go up some
stairs and we were protected by glass on a
barrier.


As the doors all opened - it was just
before the end of the Dangerous Woman
song - it hadn't quite finished and
obviously people were leaving to miss the
traffic.


So we said we'd stand up there so
the children could see us. As people were
coming out they were wearing the clothes
of Ariana - you know the white, the black,
the pink, because they all sold the
merchandise.



But for one split second I
turned and saw what I can only describe as
a bright red - that's why it stood out -
bright red, with a grey panel down the
front with risen bits all over it.



It was that
that stood out because it was so intense,
the colour, in this crowd of people.



As quick
as I saw it the explosion happened."



MI5 spooks and anti-terror cops are
working to uncover Abedi's links to any
possible terror cell.


Blazegist said their aim
would be to establish if Abedi himself had
built the deadly device - or if a bomb-
making mastermind was behind the blast.