Manchester Arena terror attack families’ fury at £350,000 legal aid for terror plotter Hashem Abedi to refuse to take part in court case Hashem Abedi, 23, spent thousands of pounds of legal aid for the inquiry Despite the huge sums, the bomb plotter refused to appear at proceedings Charlotte Campbell, 40, whose 15-year-old daughter Olivia … Read more
Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was brought to the attention of M15 on at least 18 occasions before the 2017 terror attack, a public inquiry has heard. Security services received their first alert about him in 2010, and he was made a ‘subject of interest’ in 2014 but the file was dropped four months later. … Read more
The Manchester Arena bomber’s brother Ismail Abedi posted extremist images and Islamic State propaganda on social media before the attack, the inquiry into the bombing has heard The Manchester Arena bomber’s brother posted extremist images and Islamic State propaganda on social media before the attack, the inquiry into the bombing has heard. Families of the … Read more
The Manchester Arena bomber’s brother Ismail Abedi posted extremist images and Islamic State propaganda on social media before the attack, the inquiry into the bombing has heard The Manchester Arena bomber’s brother posted extremist images and Islamic State propaganda on social media before the attack, the inquiry into the bombing has heard. Families of the … Read more
in a million’. Schoolgirl Nell Jones was one of 22 people killed in the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017 The best friend of an 14-year-old maths prodigy who was killed in the Manchester Arena attack has told an inquiry she was ‘irreplaceable’ and ‘one in a million’. Schoolgirl Nell Jones was one … Read more
One of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing was trying for a baby and had begun choosing baby names, the inquiry has been told. Kelly Brewster, 32, had started making a list of baby names on her phone and had an offer accepted on a new home on the morning of the attack in … Read more
A desperate 999 call from a member of the public treating a dying victim of the Manchester Arena bombing was played on the second day of the public inquiry into the attack. Ronald Blake was trying to help stricken John Atkinson, 28, who had been caught in the blast carried out by suicide bomber Salman … Read more
Chilling footage showing suicide bomber Salman Abedi struggling under the weight of his backpack and ‘adjusting wiring’ underneath his clothes moments before he murdered 22 people has been shown on the first day of the public inquiry into the terror attack. Abedi conducted several ‘hostile reconnaissance’ trips to the arena and the area outside it ahead … Read more
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi conducted several ‘hostile reconnaissance’ missions before he launched his deadly Manchester Arena attack in 2017, an inquiry has heard. Abedi was seen struggling with the weight of his back and was ‘adjusting wiring’ underneath his clothes in the moments leading up to the devastating terror attack which left 22 people dead … Read more
A pop concert for 4,000 audience members is being staged in Germany to track how Covid-19 spreads in large indoor events. Participants this morning lined up to take part in the RESTART-19 transmission risk assessment at Leipzig arena. The study, organised by the University Hospital of Halle, simulates a live concert venue in three different … Read more