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Police reveal photos of Manchester bomber on night of attack

Police has released security camera images of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he massacred 22 people at a pop concert.

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Police has released security camera images of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he massacred 22 people at a pop concert.

Investigators also gave details of the 22-year-old's last hours as they appealed to the public for any information about his movements in the days running up to Monday night's attack.

The photographs taken from CCTV footage show a bespectacled Abedi, who has a small moustache, in trainers, jeans, black sleeves, a black cap and a black puffer waistcoat, over which the straps of his backpack can be seen.

The accompanying police statement yesterday said one of the last places he went to was a "city centre flat and from there he left to make his way to the Manchester Arena", where the attack took place.

"The flat is highly relevant as a location which we believe may be the final assembly place for the device." Eleven people are currently in custody in the UK in connection with the attack by Abedi, who was of Libyan origin but born in Manchester.

His father and brother have been detained in Libya.

The police said the probe had made "good progress" and they "now need people to tell us if they have any information about his movements from 18 May when he returned to the UK through to Monday night".

The statement did not say where Abedi had come from, but a relative in Libya earlier told

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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