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https://scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2095665/father-and-brothers-are-arrested-was-radicalisation-family-affair
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As father and brothers are arrested, was radicalisation a family affair for Manchester attacker?

Ramadan Abedi, the father of Salman Abedi, the bomber who killed 22 concert-goers in an attack in Manchester, gestures as he speaks to reporters in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday. He was later taken into custody. Photo: Reuters

Salman Abedi’s acquaintances were stunned to learn that he was the man believed to have carried out a suicide bombing at a concert hall this week, killing 22 people. But there were signs that he was troubled - and he was not the only one in his family who caused concern, friends and officials said Wednesday.

British and other European security officials said they did not believe that Abedi, 22, would have been able to build the explosive device used in Manchester by himself, and they worry that a professional bombmaker may still be at large.