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  bmb168 Posted 19.01.2025 in 18:41

  Hashem 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.'