A brother of the siblings responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing has apologised to their victims.
Ismail Abedi, the older brother of Salman and Hashem Abedi, said: "I want to apologise on behalf of my family to the victims, for all the pain Hashem and Salman caused."
In an interview with Sky News, Ismail Abedi said he did not know his brothers 'had taken this path.'
Talking about Hashem Abedi's life sentence, he added: "I'm glad this has happened because I can put it all behind me, get on with my life and look after my family."
His intervention came after 23-year-old Hashem Abedi was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 55 years, on Thursday.
It's thought the sentence was among the highest minimum term ever handed out by a court in Britain.
He had previously been found guilty on 22 counts of murder; one count of attempted murder concerning those who were injured but survived the blast; and conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion.
Abedi refused to attend court, and was not present to hear heartbreaking testimony from victims who told of the impact of the bombing.
Despite not being present when Salman Abedi detonated the bomb, on May 22, 2017, the judge said Hashem Abedi had been 'integral' in the planning and preparation of the atrocity.
Talking about his siblings, Ismail Abedi, who was arrested and later released without charge, said: "Salman had changed over time, he'd become more religious, would spend more time in the mosque… but that was just normal.
"I spoke to him the night before the attack, he seemed calm, quite normal, there was no indication he'd do anything like this.
"The past three years have been hell. I've lost two brothers and my family is ripped apart because of it," he added.
"What's happened has happened. I can't stop it now, I can't go back. It's done and dusted. He died, they died."
Families of those murdered in the bombing commended the sentence handed down to Hashem Abedi.
The family of victim Kelly Brewster, 32, said: "His sentence will never compare to the sentence we have to live for the rest of our lives without Kelly."
