Hashem Abedi, the brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion at the 2017 concert of pop sensation Ariana Grande in Manchester, England was sentenced to 55 years in prison on Friday. The attack was reportedly the deadliest in Britain since the 2005 London transport suicide bombings, which killed 52 people. Hashem, however, had denied helping the Manchester Arena attack but was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions. For the uninformed, the bomb was set off by Hashem's elder brother Salman Abedi who died on May 22, 2017. Hashem remained in Libya until he was extradited to Britain and arrested at a London airport last year.

Source: dna August 21, 2020 17:03 UTC