UK mosques refuse to bury Manchester suicide bomber
November 05, 2017  15:51
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Mosques in Britain refused to perform the last rites of Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester earlier this year, killing 22 victims.

The remains of the 22-year-old were flown to Tripoli in Libya, the country of his origin, where the burial was conducted.

But he was still reportedly denied an Islamic burial ceremony.

"After Manchester mosques refused to bury the remains of terrorist Salman Abedi, British authorities allowed his family to move him to Libya, where he was buried in Tripoli," claims Noman Benotman, of anti-extremist think tank Quilliam.

Abedi grew up in Britain and is thought to have visited the North African country from where his parents had emigrated
regularly in the last six years.

Salman Abedi blew himself up at the end of the Grande concert in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Britain.

The 22 victims included seven children and more than 500 people were injured, with 112 people needing hospital treatment after the attack and 64 suffering "very serious" injuries.

-- PTI
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