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| Manchester Arena bombing: Hashem Abedi guilty of 22 murders | Manchester Arena bombing: Hashem Abedi guilty of 22 murders |
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| The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has been found guilty of murdering 22 people. | The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has been found guilty of murdering 22 people. |
| Hashem Abedi had denied helping to plan the "sudden and lethal" blast which killed or injured "nearly 1,000". | Hashem Abedi had denied helping to plan the "sudden and lethal" blast which killed or injured "nearly 1,000". |
| The Old Bailey heard the pair worked together to source materials used in the suicide blast after an Ariana Grande show at the venue. | |
| Prosecutors said Hashem was "jointly responsible" with his brother for the attack on 22 May 2017. | Prosecutors said Hashem was "jointly responsible" with his brother for the attack on 22 May 2017. |
| The Manchester-born siblings "stood shoulder to shoulder" in the plot, with younger sibling Hashem "just as guilty of murder" as the bomber himself, the court heard. | The Manchester-born siblings "stood shoulder to shoulder" in the plot, with younger sibling Hashem "just as guilty of murder" as the bomber himself, the court heard. |
| Hashem was also found guilty of one count of attempted murder encompassing the remaining injured and conspiring to cause explosions. | |
| Some of the victims' family members burst into tears as the verdicts were delivered following a seven-week trial. | Some of the victims' family members burst into tears as the verdicts were delivered following a seven-week trial. |
| Men, women and children, aged eight to 51, were killed in the attack while 264 "were physically injured" and 670 more have since "reported psychological trauma as a result of these events". | |
| Duncan Penny QC, prosecuting, said the Abedi brothers had spent "months" planning the blast and had a "shared goal [to] kill, maim and injure as many people as possible". | |
| They worked together to source chemicals and buy screws and nails to use as "anti-personnel shrapnel" in experimental improvised bombs, the court was told. | |
| Although Hashem was in Libya when the device was detonated he was "just as guilty", Mr Penny said. | |
| Greater Manchester Police said Hashem may have been the senior figure in the plot, and intended to cause "further bloodshed" around the world. | |
| Det Ch Supt Simon Barraclough said: "He was with his brother throughout the entire process of making this explosive and building this bomb, I believe he provided encouragement right up to the end. | |
| "This was all about the sick ideology of Islamic State and this desire for martyrdom." | |
| Det Ch Supt Barraclough said he believed Hashem had taken a four-minute phone call from Salman on the night the device went off. | |
| "At that point he (Salman) is getting that last-minute inspiration (from Hashem)...and he's telling him what he's about to do," he said. | |
| "These two brothers are literally hand in glove in this process." | |
| The sentencing hearing will take place at a later date but the judge Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said it was a "little way off". | |
| A public inquiry into the bombing is due to begin in June. |