Manchester Arena bomber teams up with terrorist in ‘attack on prison guard’

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The bombers who carried out the Manchester Arena and Parsons Green terror attacks have been charged with assaulting a prison officer.

Hashem Abedi, 23, and Ahmed Hassan, 21, are accused of carrying out the assault at high security HMP Belmarsh in south east London.

They have been charged with actual bodily harm , along with a third man, Muhammed Saeed, 22.

Abedi was also charged with assaulting a second prison officer.

The Metropolitan Police said the charges relate to an incident at the jail on May 11 last year.

Abedi, Hassan and Saeed were all charged on Tuesday.

They are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court, in south east London, on April 7.

Abedi, the brother of suicide bomber Salman Abedi, was jailed last August for murdering 22 victims at the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing attack.

He was found guilty by a jury of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.

The attack took place as crowds left an Ariana Grande pop concert on May 22 2017.

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Abedi could die behind bars after being given 24 life sentences with a minimum term of 55 years before he can be considered for parole.

Hassan was jailed in 2018 for the Parsons Green tube bombing in south west London, which injured 51 passengers, in September 2017.

The bomb partially exploded on a District Line London Underground train during rush hour.

He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 34 years at London’s Old Bailey.

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