Manchester Arena bomb: Man with alleged links has citizenship restored

October 22, 2021   

(BBC) A man whose British citizenship was removed due to alleged links to the Manchester Arena bombing has had it returned to him by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the BBC can reveal.

The man’s citizenship was removed in the aftermath of the attack in 2017.

The original decision was taken by Amber Rudd when she was home secretary.

Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds were injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.

The mother of one of those murdered said bereaved families “need answers” from the home secretary.

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