Abu Anas al Libi died on 2 January 2015 at a hospital in New York , aged 50 , while in the United States custody . He reportedly had liver disease as a result of hepatitis C , and liver cancer . Upon his death his wife said " I accuse the American government of kidnapping , mistreating , and killing an innocent man . He did nothing . " al-Ruqai ' i was a married father of four boys . He was believed to have been connected to Ramadan Abedi , the father of Salman Abedi , the perpetrator of the Manchester Arena bombing
Manchester Arena bombing
Manchester Arena bombing
Abu Anas al-Libi