Hashem Abedi, now 22, was allegedly involved in planning the suicide attack
The brother of the Manc... عرض المزيدHashem Abedi, now 22, was allegedly involved in planning the suicide attack
The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber helped to make the explosives which killed
22 people and injured many others who were caught up in the 'ferocious' blast, a court
heard today.
Hashem Abedi, 22, was allegedly linked to the bombing
by a scrap of metal from a Consumer's Pride vegetable oil can found at the scene of the
carnage.
He had also allegedly bought screws and nails for deadly shrapnel and used fake
online accounts to purchase two of the three chemicals to make TATP explosives,
jurors were told.
His brother Salman Abedi, 22, then detonated the large
device as music fans were leaving an Ariana Grande concert at 10.31pm on May
22 2017.
Prosecutor Duncan Penny QC said the explosion was the 'culmination of months of planning, experimentation and preparation by
the two of them'.
He added: 'The bomb was detonated and was self-evidently
designed to kill and maim as many people as possible.
'It was packed with lethal shrapnel and it was detonated in the middle of a crowd in a very public area - the
intention being to kill and to inflict maximum damage.'
The victims were (top row, from left) Elaine McIver,
43, Saffie Roussos, 8, Sorrell Leczkowski, 14, Eilidh MacLeod, 14, (second row, from left) Nell Jones, 14, Olivia Campbell-Hardy,
15, Megan Hurley, 15, Georgina Callander, 18, (third row,
from left), Chloe Rutherford, 17, Liam Curry, 19, Courtney Boyle, 19, and Philip Tron, 32, (fourth row, from left) John Atkinson, 26, Martyn Hett,
29, Kelly Brewster, 32, Angelika Klis, 39, (fifth row, from
left) Marcin Klis, 42, Michelle Kiss, 45, Alison Howe, 45, and Lisa Lees, 43 (fifth row,
from left) Wendy Fawell, 50 and Jane Tweddle, 51
Opening the younger brother's trial at the Old Bailey,
Mr Penny QC said: 'The prosecution's case is that this defendant
is just as guilty of the murder of the 22 people killed as was his brother.
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'He is equally guilty of the attempted murder of many others and in doing so he was guilty of agreeing with his brother
to cause an explosion or explosions of a nature
likely to endanger life.'
Salman Abedi, 22, pictured on the night he detonated an explosive device as music fans left an Ariana Grande
concert, killing 22 people and injuring many more on May
22, 2017
The court heard how Salman Abedi, carrying the bomb in a rucksack, joined the throng of parents and families picking up young concert-goers in the foyer of the 21,000 capacity
venue, before detonating.
Mr Penny said: 'Such was the ferocity of this explosion that Salman Abedi was dismembered in the process.
'The scene that met the survivors and those that attended thereafter was one of destruction and chaos.
'Twenty-two people - men, women, teenagers and a child - were killed, 28 people
were very seriously injured, a further 63 people were seriously injured, 111 others were also hospitalised,' he said.
'In all, 237 were physically injured in addition to those killed,
whilst a total of 670 people have since reported psychological trauma as a result of these events.
'The bomb which was detonated was self-evidently designed to kill
and maim as many people as possible.
Relatives of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing victims arrive at the Old Bailey this morning
Other family members of the Manchester Arena bombing victims arrive at the Old Bailey today
'It was packed with lethal shrapnel and it was detonated in the middle
of a crowd in a very public area - the intention being to kill and to inflict maximum damage.'
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