Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attack on prison guards

The brother of the man who carried out the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing has been charged with attempting to murder three prison officers and assaulting a fourth.

Hashem Abedi, who was jailed in 2020 for helping his brother to plan the suicide bombing, is accused of attacking the four guards at the high-security HMP Frankland in County Durham on 11 April.

Abedi, who had been housed in a separation unit at the jail, also faces a charge of unauthorised possession of a knife in prison.

He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 18 September.

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