Face Of The Manchester Suicide Bomber Is Revealed

This is the face of the heartless suicide bomber that left 22 people dead and dozens more injured.

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Earlier today, Salman Abedi was revealed by British authorities as the man behind the attack at the Manchester Arena on Monday night.

Thousands of people were attending the concert by American pop star Ariana Grande when an explosion rocked the concert hall.

Police chief Ian Hopkins said, in a statement, that the lone attacker died when detonating an improvised explosive device in the attack.

He also stated that "the priority remains to establish whether [Abedi] was acting alone or as part of a network."

Armed officers were also seen in Fallowfield, where they carried out a 'controlled explosion' according to local residents.

A 23-year-old man from Chorlton, South Manchester, was also arrested in connection with the terrorist attack, this morning.

Abedi, 22, is reportedly the son of Libyan refugees who fled from the Gaddafi regime. Born in 1994 he is the second youngest of four children.

He grew up in the Whalley Range area of the city, close to a local girls' high school - the same place his sister was educated.

He was reportedly a student at Salford University, although some suggest he dropped out at the end of his second year, and school friends revealed he was a keen Manchester United fan.

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Lina Ahmed, a neighbour, told the Mail Online: "They are a Libyan family and they have been acting strangely.

"A couple of months ago he [Salman] was changing the first kalma [Islamic prayer] really loudly in the street. He was chanting in Arabic."

Manchester has shown this evening that it will not be beaten by the selfish acts of Abedi. A vigil was held in Albert Square, with thousands in attendance.

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One member of the public, Drew Weymont, told LADbible: "If that [the attack] was meant to intimidate us, they've picked the wrong city."

The kind and caring acts of strangers were visible as soon as the bomb had exploded with many taxi drivers offering free rider, residents offered rooms, people offered food.

Hospital staff, working across six hospital sites in the city, worked double-shifts, extended shifts, and came in on their days off.

Even the homeless, people who often receive no credit, proved to be the heroes of the hour.

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Topics: terror, Manchester

Michael Minay

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