Return of bomber’s brother put on hold

Plans by Libya to extradite the brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber to Britain have been put on hold while Tripoli remains under attack, the country’s has said.

Interior minister Fathi Bashagha said a Libyan court had agreed to return 21-yearold Hashem Abedi – the younger brother of the bomber, Salman Abedi – because he was a British citizen. However, with the Libyan capital under attack from rebel force, Mr Bashagha said: “Everything is stopped. We have to wait until the conflict is finished.”