MASSACRE PLANNED BY

ISLAMIC State terror bosses may have organised the Manchester bomb attack nearly two years ago.

Suicide bomber Salman Abedi used the same type of explosive and detonator as in the Paris and Brussels bombings.

US intelligence believes Abedi was part of Europe-wide super cell and the seeds of the Arena attack were sown back in July 2015. This was when Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, who masterminded the November 2015 Paris attacks, entered the UK on a forged passport. He was killed in a showdown with French police days after the Paris killings.

He was in a secret IS unit called Amn al-Kharji (AAK) that advises recruits on attacks, targets, weapons and, most importantly, gives sophisticated online tutorials on how to make bombs.

Jihadists are then given detailed instructions via encrypted