The father of the Manchester Arena bomber influenced his son’s extremist beliefs, a senior MI5 officer has told the inquiry into the attack.
A senior director general, referred to as Witness J, told the Manchester Arena Inquiry an assessment by the security services found it was “likely” Ramadan Abedi shaped his son Salman’s views.
The court has previously heard Ramadan Abedi has refused to help the inquiry.
He remains a suspect in the police investigation into the atrocity.
