The brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people in the British city of Manchester was found guilty on Tuesday of 22 counts of murder over the 2017 attack. Hashem Abedi was also convicted of one count of attempted murder and conspiring with his brother Salman to cause explosions at an Ariana Grande concert almost exactly three years ago.
It was one of the deadliest terror attacks ever carried out in the UK, and also saw more than 200 people injured. Families of some of the victims cried when the verdict was read out at the Old Bailey court in London, although Hashem did not attend.
Paul Hett, whose 19-year-old son Martyn was killed, said the verdict would not bring back the dead but gave "an overwhelming sense of justice to all those affected by this heinous crime". Martyn's mother said it would not give the family "closure".
Hashem was not at the scene of the attack, in fact he was in Libya when it took place, but prosecutors said the Manchester-born brothers were "jointly responsible" for the atrocity. The court heard the suicide bombing was carried out as a result of months of planning by the brothers. Hashem, now 22, obtained chemicals for a home-made bomb and also found an address in Manchester to manufacture the explosive and store it.
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