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The Guardian
3 days ago
- The Guardian
Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with three counts of attempted murder
The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison. The charges follow an investigation by counter-terror police into an attack at HMP Frankland in Durham on 12 April. Three prison officers were treated in hospital after the incident, in which hot cooking oil was thrown over them and they were stabbed with a homemade weapon. Hashem Abedi, 28, is the brother of Salman Abedi, who carried out the Manchester Arena suicide bombing, which killed 22 people. Abedi was jailed for a minimum of 55 years in 2020 for helping his brother to plan the 2017 attack. On Wednesday, Counter Terrorism Policing North East said Abedi had been charged with five offences after the incident which injured four prison officers. It said that in line with interim guidance also issued on Wednesday by the National Police Chiefs' Council and College of Policing, clarity regarding Abedi's nationality and ethnicity was available to the media on request. A spokesperson later said: 'His nationality is British, and his ethnicity is Asian (self defined).' Counter Terrorism Policing North East said it had carried out a 'thorough investigation' of the incident with Durham Constabulary and HMP Frankland. Police said the Crown Prosecution Service had authorised charges of three counts of attempted murder, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and one count of unauthorised possession in prison of a knife or offensive weapon. Abedi will appear at Westminster magistrates court on 18 September. Police said he remained in custody 'within the prison estate'. The attack at a separation unit at HMP Frankland led to questions around prisoner access to cooking facilities. The Ministry of Justice said there would be a full review of how the incident was allowed to happen.
Telegraph
3 days ago
- Telegraph
Manchester bomber's brother charged with attempted murder of prison guards
The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking four prison officers with weapons and hot cooking oil in a high-security jail. Hashem Abedi, 28, has been charged with a total of five offences following the incident at HMP Frankland in Durham on April 12. He is accused of three counts of attempted murder, one count of assault and one count of unauthorised possession in prison of a knife or offensive weapon. The officers suffered burns and stab wounds when Abedi allegedly threw hot cooking oil over them before using makeshift weapons to stab them. The investigation into the alleged attack was led by counter-terrorism police. The jihadist is serving a 55-year sentence for assisting Salman Abedi, his brother, to carry out the suicide attack that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in May 2017. The families of five of the Manchester Arena victims have previously written to Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, to express their disbelief that Abedi was not already in solitary confinement. Jailed in 2020 for his part in the bombing, he was sentenced to a further three years and 10 months for a 'vicious attack' on a prison officer in May that year. He and two other inmates attacked prison officer Paul Edwards, 57, in his office at the high-security Belmarsh jail in south east London. Following the alleged attack, the Prison Service banned the use of kitchens for the most dangerous inmates. The suspension applies to prisoners in high-security separation units and close supervision centres across England and Wales. Abedi, who remains in custody, will appear at Westminster magistrates' court on Sept 18.
