(NBC News) Alexander Smith - Salman Abedi, the Manchester suicide bomber, had ties to al-Qaeda and had received terrorist training abroad, a U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday. Abedi was identified by a bank card found in his pocket at the scene of the explosion. He had traveled to Libya within the last 12 months, one of multiple countries he had visited, and had "clear ties to al-Qaeda," the official said. Abedi's bomb was "big and sophisticated," using materials hard to obtain in Britain. "It's almost impossible to see he didn't have help." Members of his own family had even informed on him in the past, telling British authorities that he was dangerous.
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