Neil Hatfield tells inquiry into attack that he heard ‘alarm bells in my head straight away’

A father waiting to collect his daughters from Ariana Grande’s Manchester Arena concert thought “suicide bomber” when he first saw Salman Abedi at the venue, he told an inquiry into the attack.

Neil Hatfield said “alarm bells in my head just went straight away” when he noticed a young man carrying a bag containing something “rock solid”.

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