Accused bomber ‘claimed explosive ingredients were to mend power plant’

Accused Manchester Arena terrorist pretended he was using bomb ingredients to fix a generator, a court heard. Hashem Abedi, 22, allegedly contacted the man and asked him to buy acid between 2016 and 2017. The witness, who cannot be named, told the court he believed Abedi when he said the liquid was to help mend the generator at his family home in Libya. But today he described it as a ‘bulls–t story’ and referring to the carnage when Salman blew…