Manchester attack: Suicide bomber Salman Abedi's inquest due to open
Manchester attack: Bomber Salman Abedi identified by DNA
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An inquest is expected to open later into the death of the Manchester suicide bomber who attacked the city's arena and killed 22 people.
An inquest into the death of the Manchester suicide bomber heard how he was identified by DNA, fingerprint and dental records.
Salman Ramadan Abedi, 22, detonated a home-made device in the foyer following an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.
Salman Ramadan Abedi, 22, detonated a homemade device in the foyer of Manchester Arena following an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.
His inquest at Manchester Town Hall is due to be adjourned pending the completion of the police investigation.
The five-minute hearing was adjourned until 1 December, pending the police investigation.
The inquests for the victims were opened with a minute's silence on 9 June and adjourned until November.
Twenty-two people were killed in the arena attack.
Coroner Nigel Meadows said the victims' inquests, at Manchester Civil Justice Centre, would be adjourned until 24 November and this was a "holding date" which could be moved if the police investigation was still ongoing.
The hearing on 9 June was shown a photograph of each of the victims and told of their injuries. Those who died were aged between eight and 51.
A map of where 19 of those killed in the foyer was also shown to the hearing. The court heard a further three - John Atkinson, Georgina Callander and Saffie Roussos - died later in hospital.
Some of those who died were standing very close to the bomber, with others as far as 20m (66ft) away.
