Friend of Manchester Arena bomber to be released on parole

Abdalraouf Abdallah believed to have important evidence' about background to attack

A jailed UK terrorist and close friend of the Manchester Arena bomber who has refused to cooperate with the public inquiry into the attack is to be released on parole this week.

Abdalraouf Abdallah befriended bomber Salman Abedi, who visited him in jail in the months before he murdered 22 people and injured hundreds more in the terror attack.