Tariq Nadeem picked up
Salman Abedi from the taxi rank at Manchester s Piccadilly station and took him, via his bomb factory and a cashpoint, to Shudehill tram stop.
From there, Abedi caught a tram to the Manchester Arena where he
Abedi had left the flat where he made his bomb at 7.41pm on 22 May 2017, wheeling an empty blue Kangol suitcase that he had used to transport the explosives across the city.
At some point between Back Acton Street and Minshull Street South, he dumped the suitcase, which was never found. Advertisement
Mr Nadeem explained how he then picked up Abedi at the mainline station, telling the inquiry into the bombing: He approached me from the front nearside window and said Can you take me to Shudehill via Granby Row? and then he got into my taxi.