Hashem Abedi appeared at Westminster magistrates' court after being flown back to the UK from Libya Press AssociationThe younger brother of the Manchester Arena attacker made parts and bought chemicals for the bomb that killed 22 people and maimed hundreds more, a court has heard. Hashem Abedi, 22, appeared in a UK court today, two years after his older brother detonated a rucksack bomb in a suicide attack on crowds leaving an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017. He faced forward without expression in the dock at Westminster magistrates’ court as the name of each victim was read out in the murder charges, flanked by two counterterrorism officers. Wearing a grey prison-issue sweater and white tracksuit trousers, he gave his name and date of birth and said he was a British citizen. Abedi, who was flown back to…

Source: The Times July 18, 2019 11:03 UTC