Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was brought to Malta from Libya

Manchester bomber Salman Abedi had been brought to Malta after he was rescued from Libya in August 2014, British media report.

Abedi, 19 at the time of the rescue, was then flown to England.

Abedi killed 22 people and injured more than 200 others at an Ariana Grande concert in May last year.

His brother Hashem and around 100 other British citizens were also evacuated from Tripoli by HMS Enterprise as the security situation in Libya deteriorated. After being dropped off in Malta, Salman and his 21-year-old brother – the British-born sons of Libyan migrants – flew back to Manchester where they were living at the time.

Until a month before his rescue, he was being monitored by UK security forces. The review into the Manchester attack found that, based on the information available at the time, the decision to close his case was sound.

His brother is being held in jail in Libya, but the British government has requested his extradition to face trial for his involvement in the Manchester attack.

 

from The Malta Independent https://ift.tt/2LQCEwA
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