Samia Tabbal: Last News

Family members of Arena bombers Salman and Hashem Abedi are refusing to assist the public inquiry into the atrocity.Statements have been requested from their parents, father Ramadan Abedi and mother Samia Tabbal, as well as from their older brother and younger sister, Jomana.Suicide bomber Salman's younger brother Hashem Abedi, who is now serving a 55-year minimum prison sentence, has also been approached by the inquiry team.But counsel to the inquiry, Paul Greaney QC, said on the third day of the inquiry: "So far, no member of Salman Abedi's family has provided a substantive response."Salman and Hashem's older brother, Ismail, has provided an unsigned statement asserting his privilege against self incrimination, the inquiry was told.Father

Police have increased patrols around Didsbury Mosque amid fear of attacks after it was criticised in the third and final report of the public inquiry into the bombing at Manchester Arena.

The wider family of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi ‘holds significant responsibility’ for his radicalisation while Manchester-based Islamic State ‘poster boys’ also encouraged him, the public inquiry into the atrocity has concluded.

The family of a terrorist who killed 23 people in the Manchester Arena bombing were given almost £200,000 in state hand-outs, a trial has revealed.