Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing One man represents the link between 9/11 and the Manchester Arena bombing - and for years he lived quietly in Didsbury. Anas al-Libi, a senior figure in al-Qaeda, was a friend and confidant of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden, and even acted as his bodyguard.
He was also a family friend of Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people on May 22, 2017, in Manchester. Here, Manchester Evening News' crime reporter John Scheerhout looks at a story which sheds light on the twisted connections behind atrocities across continents. Walking through the leafy streets of suburban Didsbury in late 1990s, Anas al-Libi gave the appearance of a 20-something
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