POLICE officers are yet to interview the brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi, amid reports he will be tried in Libya.

Hashem Abedi, aged 20, was arrested in Tripoli by members of the Rada Special Deterrence Force a day after the attack, along with the brothers' father, Ramadan Abedi.

The father has since been released, but Hashem is still in custody and will go on trial in the next two months, according to the BBC.

GMP said Hashem remains a suspect and officers have held talks with the Libyan authorities.

A statement from the force said: "The investigation into the attack by Salman Abedi continues.

"The investigation is incredibly complicated, we now have over one million lines of communication data being examined, we have taken over 1,000 statements and have seized almost 11,000 exhibits. We still have staff drawn from across CT Policing to support the investigation and we will maintain this intensity for many months.

"The investigation has made significant progress and we now have a much clearer understanding of what happened. We have previously explained that we do not believe that this terrible attack was part of a wider plot and this remains the case.

"It has been reported widely that Hashem Abedi, who is under investigation, is still in Libya. We have previously explained that Hashem Abedi is of interest to the inquiry. This remains the case, Hashem Abedi is a suspect in the investigation and if he were here we would arrest him.

"Yesterday it was reported in the press that Libyan authorities intend to prosecute Hashem Abedi in Libya for the Manchester attack. It was also reported that police officers have interviewed Hashem Abedi. This is not accurate, he has not been interviewed by police.

"We have had discussions with the Libyan authorities in respect of Hashem Abedi and at this time we cannot comment on any detail about this."