British police name suspect in Manchester bombing, Daesh claims responsibility

British police identify Manchester concert suicide bomber, Daesh claims responsibility: British police forces said on Tuesday that they’ve identified 22 year-old Salman Abedi as the suicide bomber behind the attack on a concert in Manchester arena on Monday, which left 22 people dead and dozens other injured, Reuters says. The UK-born Abedi is of Libyan origins, according British intelligence officials. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it a “retaliation for Western involvement in the conflicts in Syria and Iraq,” according to the newswire. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack in a statement on Tuesday.