Brother in Manchester bomber planned attack on the UN

The younger brother, 22-year-old Salman Abed, who probably made the attack at the stadium in Manchester, a member of jihadist cell that planned an attack on a convoy of the UN special representative in Libya.

This was reported by The Telegraph, citing its own sources.

By activity of a cell for months followed the Libyan security services. They found that 20-year-old Hashim Abed was "an important player" in this group.

Abed was the younger brother of suicide bomber who committed explosion in Manchester.

He and other members of the cell had planned an attack on a convoy of the UN special representative in Libya Koblera Martin. According to The Telegraph, jihadists were in the "final stage" of manufacturing improvised explosive device.

Earlier it was reported that a suicide bomber in Manchester brother phoned 15 minutes before the explosion.

Recall, 22 people were killed and 59 wounded in an explosion in the hall Arena Manchester , occurred after a concert of American singer. Later it turned out that the explosion occurred near the stadium.

Police determined that the explosion committed suicide . Responsibility for the attack in Manchester took over the "Islamic state." In the investigation of the attack remain detained six people. Among them - to Abed and his father.

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