Last suspects in arena bombing released

Police have released the remaining people held for questioning over links with the Manchester Arena attacker as they said it remains unclear whether he acted alone to gather bomb parts.

Almost three weeks on from the suicide bombing which left 22 people dead and more than 200 injured, Greater Manchester Police have issued new images of Salman Abedi, the white Nissan Micra he used and a barrel stored inside the car.

The force also said officers are yet to speak to Abedi’s brother Hashim, who has been detained by authorities in Libya along with their father Ramadan.

Hashim reportedly told Libyan counter-terror forces he knew his brother was planning something and that the 22-yearold was radicalised while living in the UK two years before his deadly attack.

The British-born extremist of Libyan descent is believed to have built the explosive alone before he detonated the device as concert-goers began leaving a show by US singer Ariana Grande at 10:31pm on May 22.

Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson, the head of North West Counter Terrorism Policing, said: “We have tracked him buying nuts from a DIY store that were used for shrapnel as well as the tin which we believe the explosive was placed in. He has also been tracked going to and from the Banff Road area of Rusholme.

“It is in Rusholme where the white Micra was found and in it considerable evidence. The Micra contained materials for bomb making and Abedi is forensically linked to the car.”

Abedi bought the car on 13 April two days before leaving the country, and officers believe bomb parts were stored in it.