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What is now known about Salman Abedi (see a different photo than Besoeker's, above, of the smug little git at the link):

Studied business at Salford University but dropped out before completing his degree.

Returned from Libya as recently as this week. A school friend told The Times: "He went to Libya three weeks ago and came back recently, like days ago."

Attended the Manchester Islamic Centre, also known as Didsbury Mosque, along with his "very religious" parents and siblings.

Family moved back to Libya, leaving Abedi and his older brother Ismail living alone in the family home.

A group of Gaddafi dissidents, who were members of the outlawed Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), lived within close proximity to Abedi in Whalley Range, including Abd al-Baset Azzouz, 48, an expert bomb maker and father-of-four from Manchester, who left Britain to run a terrorist network in eastern Libya overseen by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s successor as leader of al-Qaeda. The Telegraph reported in 2014 that Azzouz had 200 to 300 militants under his control and was an expert in bomb-making.

Another member of the Libyan community in Manchester, Salah Aboaoba told Channel 4 news in 2011 that he had been fund raising for LIFG while in the city. Aboaoba had claimed he had raised funds at Didsbury mosque. The mosque at the time vehemently denied the claim.