Father of suicide bomber treated notorious ISIS recruiter when he was shot and left paralysed in Libya as he fought the crumbling Gaddafi regime
Manchester attacker Salman Abedi, 22, was 'friends with Abdalraouf Abdallah'
Libyan refugee Abdallah was jailed for five years in 2016 over terror offences
Looked after by Abedi's father Ramadan in Tripoli after being shot, it is claimed
Ramadan is in custody after being arrested this week over Manchester attack
By Julian Robinson for MailOnline
The father of suicide bomber Salman Abedi looked after a notorious ISIS recruiter when he was shot in Libya, it has been claimed.
Abedi, who slaughtered 22in Manchester on Monday, was said to be friends with Abdalraouf Abdallah, a Libyan refugee who returned to his homeland in 2011 to fight the regime of Colonel Gaddafi.
Abdallah, later jailed in Britain for terror offences, was shot in 2012 and was cared for in Tripoli by Abedi's father, Ramadan, it has been claimed. The injuries left him paralysed.
The father of suicide bomber Salman Abedi looked after ISIS recruiter Abdalraouf Abdallah when he was shot in Libya, it has been claimed
Salman Abedi (pictured), who slaughtered 22in Manchester on Monday, was said to be friends with Abdalraouf Abdallah, a Libyan refugee who returned to his homeland in 2011 to fight the regime of Colonel Gaddafi
Salman Abedi (pictured), who slaughtered 22in Manchester on Monday, was said to be friends with Abdalraouf Abdallah, a Libyan refugee who returned to his homeland in 2011 to fight the regime of Colonel Gaddafi
Abdallah, later jailed in Britain for terror offences, was shot in 2012 and was cared for in Tripoli by Abedi's father, Ramadan (pictured), it has been claimed. The injuries left him paralysed
Ramadan is now in custody after being arrested this week by security forces in Libya over the Manchester attack.
The links between Abedi and Abdallah were revealed to the Financial Times by associates of the two families.
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Police in Tripoli said he was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) in the 1990s who found refuge in Britain before returning to fight against Gaddafi in 2011. He denies he was part of the al-Qaeda-backed group.
Abdallah, 23, was jailed for five and a half years in July 2016, having been convicted of trying to help other Manchester-based extremists to join ISIS.
He lived in Moss Side in south Manchester, a short drive from the Abedi family home.
Abdallah, 23, was jailed for five and a half years in July 2016, having been convicted of trying to help other Manchester-based extremists to join ISIS
Abedi's younger brother Hashem (pictured) has been detained in Libya, with officials there saying he was aware of the planned attack
Abdallah, left paralysed from his injuries, was sentenced for trying to help former RAF gunner Stephen Gray join jihadis in Syria.
During the trial, jurors heard he played a key role in setting up the journey to Syria for Gray, Abdallah's own brother Mohammed and two more men.
The court heard he also sent £2,000 to his brother for terrorist purposes and tried to arrange firearms for the three men.
Prosecutors said Abdallah, who denied links with ISIS, he was 'at the centre of a jihadist network facilitating foreign fighters'.
Meanwhile, authorities are chasing possible links between Abedi and militants in Manchester, elsewhere in Europe, and in North Africa and the Middle East.
They were exploring potential ties to Raphael Hostey, an ISIS recruiter killed in a drone strike last year who boasted of luring hundreds of Britons to Syria.
Abedi's family remained a focus, too, with his brother, Ismail arrested in England and another brother, Hashem, held in Libya.
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