Salman Abedi, who was behind the devastating terror attack that killed 22 people at Manchester Arena (Picture: AP)

Councils, funeral directors and Mosques in Manchester are refusing to deal with bomber Salman Abedi’s body as it emerged his corpse is currently being held in a morgue outside the city.

The city’s authorities are reportedly doing ‘everything in their power’ to stop him being cremated, buried, or laid to rest in any way in the Greater Manchester area.

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Their reassurance is reminiscent of the case of Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who died earlier this month.

After his death, councils across the UK refused to deal with Brady’s body after it was revealed he wanted his ashes scattered in Glasgow.




A source told MEN: ‘Just like Ian Brady, every effort is going into making sure that there is not a chance Abedi can be buried or cremated in Greater Manchester.’

Footage of Abedi on the night of the attack (Picture: PA)

No one wants to deal with Salman Abedi’s remains

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Inquest hearings will be held in due course, and any final decisions about Abedi’s remains will be down to a coroner.

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But not once has his body ever been kept in the same place as his 22 victims, the source added.

Abedi’s family can’t receive his corpse as his parents Ramadan and Samia, and his 20-year-old brother Hashem, are all in Libya.

Ramadan and Hashem are still in custody of counter-terror officers in the country. Detectives claimed Hashem was planning his own terror attack in Tripoli, and that he had links to Isis.