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| Manchester attack: Bomber Salman Abedi identified by DNA | Manchester attack: Bomber Salman Abedi identified by DNA |
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| An inquest into the death of the Manchester suicide bomber heard how he was identified by DNA, fingerprint and dental records. | 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 homemade device in the foyer of Manchester Arena 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. |
| The five-minute hearing was adjourned until 1 December, pending the police investigation. | The five-minute hearing was adjourned until 1 December, pending the police investigation. |
| Twenty-two people were killed in the arena attack. | Twenty-two people were killed in the arena attack. |
| 'Holding date' | |
| No members of Abedi's family were present at court, which was sitting at Manchester Town Hall. | |
| A full inquest will be heard once the police investigation into the attack has been completed. | |
| The court heard Abedi died of "multiple injuries" when he detonated an improvised explosive device. | |
| He was later identified by genetic markers and his bank card that was found nearby, the court heard. | |
| The inquests for the victims were opened with a minute's silence on 9 June and adjourned until November. | |
| 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. | |
| A further 116 people were injured in the attack. |