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| Manchester attack: Salman Abedi's cousins say 'he did it secretly' | Manchester attack: Salman Abedi's cousins say 'he did it secretly' |
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| Two cousins of the Manchester bomber say they had no idea he was planning his attack, which killed 22 people. | |
| Isaac and Abz Forjani were arrested by police after the suicide bombing - and were questioned for a week - but have since been released without charge. | |
| They say they did not know about Salman Abedi's extremist views - adding that he may have been radicalised abroad. | |
| It comes as police released new CCTV images of Abedi before the attack at Manchester Arena on 22 May. | |
| Sixteen people have been arrested over the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert and 10 remain in custody. | |
| Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police said it had so far found no record of any calls to the anti-terrorist hotline about Abedi. | |
| After the attack, a community worker said two people had made separate calls to the hotline about five years ago to raise concerns about his behaviour. | |
| The Forjani brothers were arrested in Fallowfield, south Manchester, the day after the attack. | The Forjani brothers were arrested in Fallowfield, south Manchester, the day after the attack. |
| Isaac, 24, said: "It's not easy being connected to 22 lost, innocent lives. | Isaac, 24, said: "It's not easy being connected to 22 lost, innocent lives. |
| "The fact that the person that did this is related to us by blood is something that's going to stay with me for the rest of my life. | "The fact that the person that did this is related to us by blood is something that's going to stay with me for the rest of my life. |
| "My thoughts are with the families of the victims. I really do feel for them. | "My thoughts are with the families of the victims. I really do feel for them. |
| "We went in, we could come out, we can try and move on with our lives. They've lost their loved ones." | "We went in, we could come out, we can try and move on with our lives. They've lost their loved ones." |
| The two brothers said they last saw Abedi three months before the attack, when he got his hair trimmed at Abz Forjani's barber shop. | The two brothers said they last saw Abedi three months before the attack, when he got his hair trimmed at Abz Forjani's barber shop. |
| Abz, 21, said he had a "pretty close relationship" with Abedi. He said his cousin was not part of "a big network". | |
| He said: "I believe it was all done by one man, (who) developed some sort of thoughts in the past few years which he kept to himself, secretly to himself. | He said: "I believe it was all done by one man, (who) developed some sort of thoughts in the past few years which he kept to himself, secretly to himself. |
| "He never shared it with any members of the family - if he would of, we could have done something to stop that happening. | |
| "He never admitted extremist views - it was just political opinions, so it wasn't focused or aimed at a particular group," Abz added. | |
| "The thought was he was just a religious man taking it way too far, becoming judgemental maybe. | |
| "There's never been a hint of extremism." | "There's never been a hint of extremism." |
| The brothers also insisted they shared the same British values as everyone else. | |
| "We're Mancunians ourselves," said Isaac. | "We're Mancunians ourselves," said Isaac. |
| The pair's younger brother Alharth, 19, is still in custody. | The pair's younger brother Alharth, 19, is still in custody. |