Terrorist’s brother arrested: Dramatic moment armed police swoop to arrest Ismail Abedi, 23, over his sibling’s arena massacre
Ball bearing bomb detonated at pop concert killed 22 people and injured at least 119 others last night
Bomber has been named as Salman Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent, known to the security services
Police raided Abedi’s house, where controlled explosion took place, and his brother Ismail’s address
The 23-year-old Ismail Abedi was arrested by armed officers in south Manchester at around 10.30am
Police carried out a controlled explosion at Abedi’s home during raids around the city by armed officers
Salman and his brother Ismail worshipped at Didsbury mosque, where their father is a well-known figure
Police confirmed the suicide bomber died at the venue after an improvised explosive device was detonated
Anyone concerned about missing loved-ones should call the police’s emergency hotline on 0161 856 9400
By RACHAEL BURFORD and THOMAS BURROWS
DailyMail.com
23 May 2017
This is the moment anti-terror police swooped on Salman Abedi’s brother in the street and arrested him in connection with last night’s ISIS terror attack in Manchester Arena.
Footage shows officers leading the handcuffed Ismail Abedi, 23, to a police van outside a Morrisons supermarket in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, south Manchester at about 10.30am this morning.
Witnesses said the IT manager was ordered to ‘get on the ground’ and that he was seen smiling as a team of officers, who had arrived in a black Mercedes, made the arrest.
It came just hours after his terrorist brother Salman Abedi, 22, slaughtered 22 people and injured another 119 after an Ariana Grande concert.
Abedi, a former business student at Salford University, grew up in the Whalley Range area of the city. He was registered as having lived with his mother Samia Tabbal, father Ramadan, a former airport security worker, and brother, Ismail Abedi, who was born in Westminster in 1993.
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