The brother of the man who carried out 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 his brother to plan the suicide bombing, is accused of attacking the four guards at the high-security HMP Frankland in County Durham on 11 April.
The 28-year-old, who had been housed in a separation unit at the jail at the time of the attack, also faces a charge of unauthorised possession of a knife in prison.
He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 18 September.
