‘Forgive Me’: Manchester Bomber’s Tangled Path of Conflict and Rebellion<br />Akram Ramadan, who fought alongside Ramadan Abedi, recalled there being a strong contingent known<br />as "the Manchester fighters." "We were all fighting," Mr. Ramadan said in Manchester.<br />Mr. Fadil said that When he did come, it was usually with hi<br />By KATRIN BENNHOLD, STEPHEN CASTLE and DECLAN WALSHMAY 27, 2017<br />MANCHESTER, England — Salman Abedi was wearing a red vest, his suicide bomb hidden in a small backpack,<br />when he phoned his younger brother in Libya and asked him to put his mother on the line.<br />Mr. Ramadan said the absence of a father figure was often a problem for Libyan<br />families, particularly the Abedi sons, whose father imposed strict discipline.<br />His sons — Ismail, Salman and Hashem — accompanied Mr. Abedi to Tunisia, where he worked on logistics for the rebels in western Libya.
