Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber attacked girl at college, hearing told

(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber attacked a female student while he was studying at a college, an inquiry has heard.

Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017.

The inquiry into the atrocity has heard how Abedi was investigated by police after striking a girl on the back of the head at Manchester College in 2012.

The college’s former head of campus said there was nothing to suggest he was at risk of being radicalised.

Abedi, who was 17 at the time of the assault, hit the girl after a disagreement, the hearing was told.

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