Manchester Bomber Salman Abedi Had A ‘Bomb-Making Workshop’ In Fallowfield Flat, Reports Claims

A “bomb factory” was found inside the home of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, according to reports, as it emerged Friday that he may have been planning his attack for at least a year. 

The 22-year-old was said to have had a stockpile of chemicals to make additional bombs at the Fallowfield property he rented in the lead-up to Monday’s attack, and according to ABC News, police uncovered a kind of “bomb-making workshop” there.  

The news has led to fears Abedi may have distributed further explosive devices to other radical extremists in preparation for further attacks, as police are believed to have found evidence of bomb-making materials during raids at properties in Manchester, Wigan and Nuneaton in recent days.

On Friday morning police were searching a property in Moss Side having earlier raided a property in Wigan last night, where “potentially suspicious items” were found, leading to evacuations and the bomb squad being called in.

The eight men arrested in connection with the Manchester bomb attack are all suspected of terror offences and are aged between 18 and 38, Greater Manchester Police said. on Friday A 16-year-old boy has been released without charge.