(BBC) A convicted terror offender who was the Manchester Arena bomber’s friend has refused to co-operate with the inquiry into the attack, his lawyers have said.
Abdalraouf Abdallah, from Manchester, was visited by Salman Abedi in jail in the months before his 2017 attack.
Abdallah, who denies any involvement in the bombing, was jailed for terror offences in May 2016.
The Manchester Arena inquiry is due to hear from the 27-year-old as part of evidence about Abedi’s radicalisation.
Twenty-two people were killed when Abedi detonated his device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.
