Manchester Bomber's Father And Brothers Have Been Arrested

Salman Abedi (inset) killed 22 people and
injured at least 119 more when he
detonated a bomb at Manchester Arena on
Monday night as children were piling out of
the venue having watched Ariana Grande.



But this afternoon the father of the
attacker, Ramadan Abedi (right), said: 'We
don't believe in killing innocents. This is not
us.'



He said he had spoken to his 22-year-old
son five days ago and that he sounded
'normal' and was getting ready to visit
Saudi Arabia.



Earlier, pictures emerged
showing Abedi lounging on the beach in
Libya with friends and hanging out with
his mates in Manchester as a teenager.



There is no suggestion any of the people
he was pictured with have been involved in
any wrongdoing.




His father, Ramadan, was arrested by
masked gunmen in Tripoli this evening
while recording TV interviews in the
country.




Abedi's younger brother Hashem has also
been arrested in Tripoli, Libya, on suspicion
of having links to the ISIS who claimed
responsibility for Monday night's atrocity.



He was 'aware of all the details' of his
plans, a Libyan security force said. Hashem
had been 'under surveillance for a month
and a half' and 'investigation teams
supplied intelligence that he was planning
a terrorist attack in the capital Tripoli', the
Deterrence Force said on its Facebook
page.



Salman's older brother Ismail, 23, was
arrested yesterday in Chorlton, south
Manchester.



He is still being quizzed by
police, who are probing the family's links to
a terror network.