Manchester Arena bomber's brother Hashem Abedi admits involvement
Hashem Abedi, 23, was jailed for murdering the 22 people who were killed in the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017.
During his trial, Hashem denied helping his brother Salman, 22, plan the attack that also left hundreds more injured.
But a public inquiry into the bombing heard Hashem Abedi had made the admission in prison in October.
The inquiry heard how during an interview with inquiry lawyers, he admitted he had "played a full part and a knowing part in the planning and preparation for the arena attack", in which his brother also died.
The 23-year-old's admission was confirmed to the inquiry by Det Ch Supt Simon Barraclough, from Greater Manchester Police, who was the senior investigating officer on the case.
The court heard how the brothers spent months ordering, stockpiling and transporting the deadly materials required for the attack.
They joined their parents in Libya the month before the blast, but Salman returned to the UK on 18 May.
He bought the final components needed for the bomb before carrying out the plot as fans left the arena on the evening of 22 May 2017.
Abedi was arrested shortly afterwards and extradited to Britain to face trial.
He did not give evidence during his trial, providing only a statement in which he denied 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.
Abedi originally claimed he did not hold extremist views and had been "shocked" by what his brother had done.
"Had I any idea of it I would have reported it to my mother initially and then to other family members to prevent it from happening," he said in his statement.
But Abedi, formerly of Fallowfield, Manchester, was convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey and jailed for life in August
with a minimum term of 55 years.
December 08, 2020 at 01:40AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-55216389
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