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Judge issues warrant for the arrest of Manchester Arena bomber's brother

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A senior judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of the older brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi. Ismail Abedi, 28, fled the country before he was due to give evidence to the continuing public inquiry into the May 2017 atrocity in which 22 people were murdered and hundreds of others were injured as they left an Ariana Grande concert.

Chairman of the inquiry Sir John Saunders successfully applied to a High Court judge for a warrant to be issued for his arrest.

It means Ismail Abedi will be arrested and brought to the inquiry if he returns - and a criminal case will be mounted against him if he fails to return before the inquiry's conclusion.

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