(BBC) A convicted terrorist has admitted he was in the same Libyan militia group as the Manchester Arena bomber’s father.
Abdalraouf Abdallah, a friend of Salman Abedi, was brought from HMP Wakefield to give evidence at the Manchester Arena inquiry into the 2017 attack.
The 28-year-old accepted he joined the “Tripoli Brigade” in the Libyan war in 2011 and that Ramadan Abedi — Salman’s father — was also part of the militia.
MI5 consider Ramadan played a role in radicalising sons Hashem and Salman.
Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated his device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
