Salman Abedi was a Manchester resident. He is the man responsible for the terrorist bombing of children departing from an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester England. Before the bombing, he was known to authorities over concerns about his extremist Jihadi activities. ^[6]

Abedi has U.K. citizenship and was born in the U.K. ^[0]

Abedi was born in Manchester in 1994.

He is the second youngest of 4 children.

His parents immigrated to the U.K. from Libya to escape the Gaddafi regime. ^[0]

He grew up in the Fallowfield suburb of Manchester. He has 2 brothers and a sister who is 18. Their home was in the Whalley Range, Manchester neighborhood, just yards from the local girl's high school. ^[0]

Abedi and his family worshipped at Didsbury Mosque in Manchester. His father, Abu Ismael Abedi, was a well-known figure in the community. ^[0]

Abedi is a graduate of Whalley Range High School. He dropped out of university to become a Suicide bomber. ^[0]

Abedi used a Nail bomb in the attack. ^[6]Salman was found with an exploded Battery, a bomb Detonator and bomb remnants. ^{[3] [4]}

Two weeks before the bombing, Salman had traveled through Libya and Syria, exposing him to very Radical Islamism. His father was arrested in Tripoli, having posted photos of Salman's brother holding a Fully automatic firearm on his personal Facebook account. ^[1]