Libya considering UK request for extradition of brother of Manchester attacker
The Libyan force holding the brother of the brother of the bomber who killed 22 people in Manchester in May is ready to cooperate on a British extradition request if it is approved by the attorney general, a spokesman said on Thursday.
“If there is agreement between the attorney general and the British authorities, we are ready for the next step,” said Ahmad Ben Salim, a spokesman for the Special Deterrence Force (Rada), a counter-terrorism group aligned with the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli.
Ben Salim said earlier the group was not prepared to extradite Hashem Abedi, brother of bomber Salman Abedi.
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