2017 Manchester bombing

 2017 Manchester bombing (Deep event)

Manchester Arena: 21,000-seat auditorium
Date	22 May 2017
Location	Manchester,  England
Blamed on	Salman Abedi
Type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	22
Injured (non-fatal)	119
Exposed by	Richard Hall

On 22 May 2017, a bombing occurred at the Manchester Arena at the end of a concert by the American singer Ariana Grande, killing 22 people and injuring 119. A lone male was reported to have carried out the attack, thought to have been a suicide bombing using an improvised explosive device. Police were called to the scene of the bombing at 22:33 local time, along with medical personnel. The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack.

Suspect's Libyan links

On 23 May 2017, Greater Manchester Police named the suicide bomb suspect as Salman Abedi.

Safia Aoude posted on Facebook:

"One of terrorist leader Abdelhakim Belhadj's mentally challenged "freedom warriors" blew himself up in the middle of women and children in Manchester. These are the drugged animals UK and NATO stupidly gave political and military support in February 2011. And you didn't see this coming?!?"

MI5 turns a blind eye

In an article dated 25 May 2017, the MailOnline reported:

• Former fighters including Libyan exiles and British-Libyan residents described how MI5 'sorted' their travel.

• British government is said to have adopted an 'open door' policy for fighters willing to travel to fight Gaddafi.

• Comes as Home Secretary Amber Rudd admitted authorities knew of the Manchester bomber Salman Abedi.

• Those who travelled fought alongside Islamic militants despite being subject travel bans for posing a threat.

Campaigning suspended

Campaigning for the #GE2017 was suspended. In a message of genuine humanity and compassion to the victims of the Manchester bombing and their families, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it was a "terrible and traumatic time" and it was important to "come together".

Questions for the PM

SKWAWKBOX posed a series of questions to Prime Minister Theresa May including asking why it took four hours for her to respond to the tragedy.

 

Related Quotation

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Hanif Qadir	“I could have prevented [the 2017?] London terrorist attacks”	Hanif Qadir	2017

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Importing Jihadi Terror to the UK – Cui Bono	blog post	25 September 2018	Craig Murray	Importing the White Helmets into the UK is obviously nuts if your purpose is to minimise jihadi activity in the UK
Document:MI6, Theresa May and the Manchester attack	Article	30 May 2017	Jonathan Cook	And so the story of MI6 and Theresa May, their sponsorship of Islamic jihadism, and the likely “blowback” the UK just experienced in Manchester is a sleeping dog no one seems willing to disturb.
Document:Manchester Alleged Suicide Bomber Linked to Libya Islamic Fighting Group	Article	24 May 2017		The British government is directly responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing. It had foreknowledge of LIFG’s existence and likely its activities within British territory and not only failed to act, but appears to have actively harboured this community of extremists for its own geopolitical and domestic agenda.
Document:Manchester atrocity: UK government must come clean about its relationship with Libyan Islamists	Article	6 June 2017	Mohamed El-Doufani	The perpetrator of the Manchester atrocity, British-born Libyan Salman al-Abedi, 22, is largely the product of the policy pursued by successive British governments – Conservative and Labour – towards Libya.
Document:Theresa May pushing for UK intervention in Syria following Manchester attack	Article	25 May 2017	Whitney Webb	Jeremy Corbyn Says What We All Knew: The War On Terror Isn’t Working
Document:Theresa May's personal role in facilitating terror attacks	video	5 June 2017	Dan Glazebrook	Theresa May and her Cabinet are complicit in murder. They are war criminals. If the principles established by the Nuremberg Tribunal after World War II were applied, they would be hung.

 

The Official Culprit

Name	Description
Salman Abedi	Allegedly killed himself while carrying out the 2017 Manchester bombing

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