Manchester Attacker Had Called Mom To Say He Was Sorry before Bombing Manchester

Bomber Salman Adebi phoned his nuclear scientist mother hours before his deadly attack and said 'forgive me', a Libyan anti-terror official has said.

A Libyan security source revealed Abedi rang his younger brother Hashem in Libya, telling him to get their mother Samia Tabbal, 50, to call him.

Details of his plea for forgiveness emerged after Tabbal was quizzed by police in Tripoli.

News sources in the US, citing intelligence officials, have said Abedi's mother was fearful her son had been radicalised and it has been claimed she alerted authorities.

The terrorist's family had informed authorities as they feared he had become 'dangerous', a US intelligence official said.

Meanwhile, Special Deterrent Force spokesman Ahmed bin Salem said Tabbal told interrogators her son left Libya for England only four days before the bombing and called her on the same day of the attack.