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Thursday, 16 August 2018

Police investigate links between Arena bomber and Manchester imam

Salman Abedi attended mosque where sermon said to be in praise of Isis was given

Police in Manchester are investigating claims that an imam at a UK mosque attended by the bomber who attacked the city’s Arena delivered a sermon advocating armed jihad six months before the attack.

Greater Manchester police (GMP) said it had been passed footage from the BBC purporting to show an imam at Didsbury mosque praising “mujahideen” fighting abroad – a term commonly used for Islamist guerrilla fighters.

Related: Manchester Arena bomber was rescued from Libya by Royal Navy

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2L0gzaq

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