"I thought 'suicide bomber' immediately", says dad who saw terrorist Salman Abedi moments before Arena blast
hereAs a result, no British Transport Police officer was patrolling the station for 40 minutes, between 9pm and 9.35pm, on May 22, 2017, the inquiry was told.PC Bullough and PCSO Renshaw 'just missed' Abedi walking to the City Room from a tram platform after they resumed their patrols, counsel to the inquiry Paul Greaney QC said.He walked past PCSOs Lewis Brown and Jon Morrey in the station.All four BTP officers patrolled the City Room area as crowds entered the Arena.But despite instructions for at least one officer to be at the City Room as crowds left, the inquiry heard that in terms of policing, there was 'no one in the City Room for quite a considerable period of time before the explosion'.The witness who saw Abedi, Neil Hatfield, was