Manchester Arena attack: Mosque criticised in inquiry faces probe

(BBC) The charity watchdog has opened a probe into a mosque that was criticised by the Manchester Arena bomb inquiry.

Didsbury Mosque in south Manchester had been attended by the suicide bomber Salman Abedi and his family.

The public inquiry into the Manchester Arena attack in May 2017 which killed 22 people said the mosque’s evidence had downplayed its link to the Abedis.

The chairman of the inquiry, Sir John Saunders, said the mosque had suffered from “weak leadership.”

Last week, after his final report into the bombing was published, Sir John said: “The Charity Commission has already prescribed a programme that the Didsbury Mosque must put in place.”

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