The father of the bomber who killed 22 concert-goers in an attack in Manchester ,Ramadan Abedi, was detained by a Tripoli counterterrorism force in the Libyan capital on Wednesday.

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During an interview, he said his son Salman had told his family that he was heading on pilgrimage to Mecca.
"I spoke to him about five days ago, there was nothing wrong, everything was normal," Abedi said. He did not say where his son was at the time.

Ramadan Abedi said he was sure Salman had not been a member of the jihadist group.

"Salman doesn't belong to any organization," he said. "The family is a bit confused because Salman doesn't have this ideology, he doesn't hold these beliefs."

"I didn't expect that to happen, never," Abedi said, adding that he thought there were "hidden hands" behind the attack.

"We condemn these terrorist acts on civilians, innocent people," he said.