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Ariana Grande concert bomber’s brother convicted of 22 counts of murder following Manchester attack

  • Hashem Abedi found guilty of helping plan attack at the concert held in Manchester, UK, in 2017
  • Explosion from elder brother Salman Abedi’s knapsack bomb killed 22 people and injured more than 260 others

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Hashem Abedi, brother of the Manchester bomber, was found guilty by a jury of the murder of 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017. Photo: Libya’s Special Deterrence Force via AFP

The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, was convicted on Tuesday of murder for helping to plan the attack.

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A jury at London’s Central Criminal Court found Hashem Abedi, 22, guilty of 22 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder for those injured and one count of conspiring to cause explosions.

Relatives of some victims sobbed as the jury foreman announced the unanimous guilty verdicts.

Abedi’s elder brother Salman Abedi died when he detonated a knapsack bomb in the foyer of Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. In addition to those killed, the attack injured more than 260 people.

A sign is seen with flowers and candles after a vigil in Albert Square, Manchester, England, in May 2017. Photo: AP
A sign is seen with flowers and candles after a vigil in Albert Square, Manchester, England, in May 2017. Photo: AP
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Hashem Abedi had travelled to Libya, his parents’ homeland, before the attack in the northwest England city. He was detained in Tripoli by a militia allied with a UN-recognised government in the Libyan capital, and extradited to Britain last year.

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