Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber ‘sent money to family before attack’

(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber transferred money to his family in Libya hours before the attack, a public inquiry into the 2017 bombing has heard.

Rabie Zreba, who made the transfer, said he was contacted by a man he did not know on the afternoon of 22 May.

The man was Salman Abedi, who provided Mr Zreba with a fake name and asked him to transfer £470, the inquiry heard.

Later that night, Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert, murdering 22 people.

Mr Zreba told the inquiry he was “well known within the Libyan community” for being involved in small trade and money transfers.

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