(BBC) Salman Abedi punching a female student after a row about her wearing a short skirt could have been a red flag to his radicalisation, an inquiry has heard.
Abedi, who killed 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing, hit the girl in the face at Manchester College.
The inquiry heard there was a pattern of those convicted of Islamist extremist offences also having a history of violence towards women.
Dr Matthew Wilkinson said Abedi had a “very bad attitude towards women.”
The expert in extremism said the assault could be interpreted as being driven by misogyny, adding one of the factors in the 22-year-old’s motivation to carry out the bombing was religious-inspired hatred of women.
