Inquest held into death of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A conclusion of 'suicide while undertaking a terror attack that murdered 22 innocent victims and injured many others' has been formerly recorded by a coroner who conducted a documentary inquest into the death of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi.

His identity was in part confirmed by fingerprint evidence which proved a match to prints taken from him when he was arrested as a teenager in 2012 for shoplifting.

There was also no evidence found that he had taken drugs or alcohol prior to the attack. Sir John Saunders, a retired High Court judge who chaired the long-running Manchester Arena public inquiry into the 2017 atrocity, in which 22 people were killed, sat as a coroner to examine relevant evidence and determine a conclusion.

A medical cause of death was given as blast injuries. In a brief record of inquest, Sir John wrote: "The deceased died at 22:31 on 22/05/2017 in the City Room of the Manchester Arena in the Victoria Exchange Complex in Manchester.