Manchester bomber got go-ahead to strike online
MANCHESTER bomber Salman Abedi was given approval for his suicide attack by online Islamic extremists.
He was urged to “show no mercy” before the blast that killed 22 and injured over 100 at the Ariana Grande concert.
A series of sinister messages show he was planning the outrage at least nine months before he blew himself up.
The FBI got details of shadowy net chats between Abedi and suspected extremists in Syria and the US after he asked for advice on his murder plot.
Two men involved in the discussion were arrested weeks before the attack at the Manchester Arena on May 22.
One message, thought to be from Abedi, said: “Sheikh, I live among nonMuslims. Am I allowed to kill them?”
The sheikh, thought to be an Islamic State member in Syria, replied with a quote from the Koran saying: “Fight the pagans all together.”