Manchester attack: Prisoner in touch with bomber recalled to jail

(BBC) A convicted terrorist organiser and friend of the Manchester Arena bomber has been returned to prison weeks after being released on licence, the BBC has learned.

Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was jailed in 2016 after being found guilty of helping people travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

In November the BBC revealed he was about to be released on licence.

It is now understood he was returned to a high-security prison on Tuesday.

While living at an approved premises he received a number of warnings relating to his conduct, resulting in a breach of a general condition requiring good behaviour, the BBC has been told.

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