He confirmed that his other son, Ismail, had been arrested yesterday around Manchester by British authorities in the concert attack probe. The father of the 22-year-old Briton who police say bombed a concert in Manchester insisted today that his son was innocent and just had been preparing to go on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Ramadan Abedi, 51, also known by his nom de guerre of Abu Ismail, spoke to The Associated Press by phone from the Libyan city of Tripoli. He confirmed that his other son, Ismail, had been arrested yesterday around Manchester by British authorities in the concert attack probe. After less than a year in Saudi Arabia, Abu Ismail said he fled to the UK, where he sought political asylum and lived there for 25 years.

Source: dna May 24, 2017 20:03 UTC