BEFORE THE BLAST
Manchester attack bomber Salman Abedi caught on CCTV at Arndale shopping centre buying Sports Direct rucksack to hide bomb
HAUNTING CCTV has emerged apparently showing Manchester bomber Salman Abedi buying a backpack eerily similar looking to the one used in the deadly terror attack.
The chilling footage was shot in the Manchester Arndale centre days before the killer used a half-price £36.99 bag from Sports Direct to conceal the nail bomb that slaughtered 22 people and injured 119 more.
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Images shown on Sky News show the trainer-wearing man dressed in a baseball cap and dark tracksuit inside the shopping centre on Friday night.
The black rucksack, which has bright blue colouring on it, still has the price tag hanging from it.
Forensic pictures leaked to the earlier show the charred remains of the Karrimor backpack the 22-year-old killer used to conceal the deadly explosive.
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According to Sky News, he withdrew £250 from a cash machine and then went on a shopping trip at around 8pm.
Police are now reportedly trying to track his movements after leaving the shopping centre.
British-born Abedi had detonated the explosive in the foyer of the Manchester Arena on Monday as parents waited to pick their children up from the concert.
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The terror attack - the worst in the UK since 7/7 - claimed 22 lives including eight-year-old Saffie Roussos.
Dozens of people are still missing and feared dead.
The devastating list of victims killed in the bombing has continued to grow today, including a 14-year-old girl along with an off-duty cop.
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A network of undercover cops are now hunting a network of terrorists after warning the bombmaker could still be alive.
Abedi's dad today insisted his son was innocent just moments before he was dramatically arrested by masked men.
