0h 27min, aug 13, 2025 y - Man Charged with Prison Attack

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A man who plotted the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing has been charged with attempting to murder three prison officers and assaulting a fourth.

Hashem Abedi, who was jailed for a minimum of 55 years in 2020 for helping to plan the suicide bombing with his brother who detonated the device, is accused of attacking the four officers at high-security HMP Frankland on 11 April.

The 28-year-old, who had been housed in a separation unit at the County Durham jail at the time, also faces a fifth charge of unauthorised possession of a knife.

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

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