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LONDON, June 2-- Two cousins of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi said Friday they had no idea he was a planning his terror mission. Brothers, Isaac and Abz Forjani were among 16 people arrested by police after the suicide bombing on May 22. They were held in custody for a week and were then released without any charges being brought against them. Ten people, including the younger sibling of the two Forjani brothers are still being questioned by detectives. The two brothers spoke in a BBC interview as police in Manchester released new images of Abedi causally making his way through the city center just hours before the attack at the Manchester Arena which killed 22 people and injured a further 116 were injured. The two brothers said they last saw Abedi three months before the attack, when he got his hair trimmed at Abz Forjani's barber shop. Abz Forjani, 21, described his relationship with Abedi as "pretty close", adding he did not think he was part of "a big network". He said: "I believe it was all done by one man (Abedi), who developed some sort of thoughts in the past few years which he kept to himself, secretly to himself. He never shared it with any members of the family. If he would of, we could have done something to stop that happening. Abz Forjani added: "He never admitted extremist views, it was just political opinions, so it wasn't focused or aimed at a particular group. The thought was he was just a religious man taking it way too far, becoming judgemental maybe. There's never been a hint of extremism." | 
