A Libyan-Canadian cleric linked in U.S. and British media reports to Manchester bomber Salman Abedi says he will return to Canada in weeks with the intention of clearing his name. Salman Abedi, 22, was identified on May 23 as the suicide bomber who killed 22 people and wounded more than 60 others, including children, at a pop concert in Manchester. U.S. and British media reports, citing anonymous sources, have claimed a link between Salman, his father and Libyan-Canadian cleric Egwilla. Ramadan Abedi, the father of Salman Abedi, the bomber who killed 22 concert-goers in an attack in Manchester, pictured here in Tripoli, Libya, in May denies his son was a member of ISIS. The Times newspaper in the U.K. reported May 27 that Ramadan Abedi was an associate of "extremist Canadian-Libyan preacher" Egwilla, and that the Libyan-Canadian is believed to have radicalized Ramadan's son, Salman Abedi.

Source: CBC News June 04, 2017 21:00 UTC