Manchester bomberÕs terrorist links

Salman Abedi: Suicide bomber, 22, in Libya in early May. Flew back to Manchester via Prague and Dusseldorf on May 18, according to Der Tagesspiegel, citing German intelligence

May 23: SalmanÕs older brother, Ismail Abedi, is arrested in Chorlton

May 24: Armed police raid city-centre apartment block in Granby Row

May 24: Libyan security forces in Tripoli detain SalmanÕs father, Ramadan Abedi, and younger brother, Hashem Abedi. 
Ramadan fought against regime of Muammar Gaddafi during Libyan revolution in 2011

UNITED KINGDOM

Manchester 

Wigan

London

Monday, May 22, 21:33GMT: Suicide bomb kills 22 people as they are leaving Manchester Arena following Ariana Grande concert

Jun 2014, Chorlton: Twins Salma and Zahra Halane (below)
travel to Syria after being radicalised online

MANCHESTER

May 24: Suspect detained in Wigan

May 24, Whalley Range: Three men arrested in Aston Avenue

Fallowfield: Salman Abedi lived in Elsmore Road

8km 5 miles

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Tripoli

Misrata

Bani Walid

Zalla

Sirte

Benghazi

Derna

400km 250 miles

Islamic State: Forced out of Sirte in December 2016 Š relocated around Bani Walid and Zalla

Eastern Libya: Training camp for Al Qaeda-linked militants run by Abd al-Baset Azzouz

Hashem Abedi: Arrested for allegedly planning terrorist attack in Tripoli. Salman transferred Ū2,900 to Hashem
on May 22

Abd al-Baset Azzouz: Bomb-maker Š lived in Elsmore Road. Now in Libya

Raphael Hostey: Lived in Whalley Range. Key recruiter for so-called Islamic State Š now dead

Jamshed Javeed: Lived in Levenshulme. Jailed for six years in 2015 for preparation of terrorist acts for IS in Syria

LIBYA

Sources: Der Tagesspiegel, Liverpool Echo, Manchester Evening News, Reuters

Pictures: Associated Press, Facebook, handouts