British police investigating the deadly concert bombing in Manchester earlier this year said today they had requested the extradition of the attacker's brother from Libya. Salman Abedi killed 22 people when he detonated a suicide bomb after a concert by pop star Ariana Grande, Britain's worst terror attack in more than a decade. Manchester-born to Libyan parents, Abedi is believed to have travelled to Libya in the run-up to the May 22 bombing.Greater Manchester Police said they have now gathered enough evidence to request and be granted an arrest warrant for the attacker's brother, Hashem Abedi. "The arrest warrant relates to the of 22 people, the attempted of others who were injured and conspiracy to cause an"Hashem Abedi is currently detained in Libya and the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) has now requested that Libyan authorities consider his extradition back to the United Kingdom. (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Source: Libya Today November 02, 2017 01:30 UTC