The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been found guilty of the murder of 22 people.
Back in 2017, Salman Abedi killed 22 people, along with himself, and wounded more than 100 people when he set off a bomb outside of Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, England. Salman was convicted of 22 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder encompassing the remaining injured, and one count of conspiring to cause explosions.
The last count includes his younger brother, Hashem Abedi, who worked as Salman’s accomplice. Abedi’s sentencing hearing has been postponed until a later date so that the victims’ families can attend. MSN reports that the judge will also collect victim impact statements.
Britain’s director of public prosecutions, Max Hill, said Abedi had “blood on his hands.” “Hashem Abedi encouraged and helped his brother, knowing that Salman Abedi planned to commit an atrocity. He has blood on his hands even if he didn’t detonate the bomb.” He continued: “My thoughts are with the families of those who died and the hundreds of survivors. We should remember the 22 lives lost and those around the country whose lives have been changed forever.”
At the time of the attack, Abedi was in Libya and was the first suspect to be successfully extradited to Britain when he was delivered back to the U.K. in July 2019, Reuters reports.
