Officials: Manchester bomber passed through Germany, Turkey
BERLIN — The suspected bomber in the concert attack in Britain passed through Germany and Turkey before the attack, authorities said Thursday.
Salman Abedi spent only a short time at Duesseldorf airport’s transit area four days before the bombing at Manchester Arena, Duesseldorf police said, confirming an earlier report in German magazine Focus.
“According to the current state of the investigations, the suspect transferred in Duesseldorf on his travels to Manchester. Therefore he spent a short time in the transit area,” police said in a statement. Police didn’t provide any further information or say where Abedi was coming from when he landed in Duesseldorf.
A Turkish official told The Associated Press that the 22-year-old suspect travelled through Istanbul and Duesseldorf on his way to Britain.