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Neighbours of British-born Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi have revealed the Manchester United fan's 'strange behaviour' in the weeks before he slaughtered 22 people.
The 22-year-old Manchester-born attacker was heard 'chanting Islamic prayers loudly in the street' outside his home in the south of the city.
Abedi is the third of four children by Libyan refugees who came to the UK to escape the Gaddafi regime. They are believed to have lived in the Fallowfield area of south Manchester for at least ten years.
Last night, Abedi murdered and maimed concert goers as they were leaving Manchester Arena after an Ariana Grande concert.
ISIS this morning claimed responsibility and threatened further attacks, saying 'one of the caliphate's soldiers placed bombs within a gathering of the Crusaders'.
Police are trying to determine whether Abedi, a Manchester United fan who appears to have been radicalised within the last couple of years, acted alone or was part of a wider terror cell.
There were unconfirmed reports in Manchester that the whole family, apart from the two elder sons, recently returned to their native Libya.