Abedi had dropped out of University. While there, he had joined no societies neither involved himself with any student activities.
He apparently went out drinking (!) and had small convictions for theft, minor assault and receiving stolen goods, committed after the age of only 16.
He often stood in the street outside his house and bellowed out the first Muslim prayer of the day. His parents spent a lot of time abroad in Libya (and possibly Syria)
He seems to have been a strange and troubled young man. One wonders just what he was exposed to during his trips to Libya/Syria; possibly some form of brain-washing. It may have given him some sort of 'identity' and 'purpose',as he appeared to have found none during his younger days.
Please don't imagine I'm trying to excuse what he did. But he was very young, and while not mentally ill (I assume) had evidently been marginalised and indoctrinated by people much wickeder than him.
I wonder if I'm the only person on the planet who also feels sad for him too?