In about 2015, Salman Abedi took a giant stride in his journey to becoming a terrorist. He stopped the partying, the drinking and the drugs, grew a beard, donned robes, and spent more time at prayer.
And he started to listen to older, more cynical voices in south Manchester's Libyan dissident community, as he gradually became enmeshed in fundamentalist extremism.
This obscure, rootless figure became seduced by the idea of becoming important; a soldier and a martyr in a holy war whose stated aim was Sharia law across the globe. READ MORE: Manchester Arena inquiry LIVE updates with further evidence on 'care gap' delay in treating casualties But who - or what - poisoned the mind of Abedi, to the extent that he was prepared to kill himself, and murder 22 innocents, by bombing an Ariana Grande concert, that terrible Monday night in May 2017?
The influence of his own family has been well documented, but many other potential influencers have emerged, at least six of whom are said to have been convicted of terror offences.
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