'Pray for me, brother' - suicide bomber Salman Abedi's exchange with taxi driver on night of Arena attack revealed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxSuicide bomber Salman Abedi asked a taxi driver to 'pray for me' as he drove him towards Manchester Arena to commit mass murder.Exchanges between Abedi and Tariq Nadeem on the night of the bombing were revealed on day 48 of the public inquiry into the atrocity on Monday.Abedi, said Mr Nadeem, also gave him a pocket copy of the Koran as a 'present' as they travelled.Mr Nadeem, a taxi driver for 10 years, agreed to take Abedi to Shudehill via Granby Row in Manchester at around 7.30pm on May 22, 2017.Abedi, who had rented a flat inside Granby House on Granby Row, approached his black cab outside Piccadilly railway station, the inquiry heard.Mr Nadeem, who didn't give evidence at the criminal trial of Hashem Abedi, told the.
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