Manchester Arena families in ‘disbelief’ Hashem Abedi was able to attack prison officers

The families of five people killed by Hashem Abedi in Manchester Arena bombing have told the Secretary of Justice of his “absolute disbelief” that he was allowed to attack the prison officers in HMP Frankland.

Despite being detained in a high security unit, Abedi, 28, He attacked three prison officers on Saturday With improved blades and hot kitchen oil.

In a letter seen by the BBC, families say that Abedi “should not have access to anything that can arise” and urged the government to make sure that “it cannot be able to hurt anyone else.”

Abedi was Imprisoned for life with a minimum of 55 years in prison After being convicted of murdering 22 people in the 2017 attack carried out by his brother, Salman.

Since the letter was sentence to Secretary of Justice Shabana Mahmood on Monday, inmates or separation centers They have been forbidden to use kitchens.

Abedi had been a hero in a separation center, which has a small number of inmates considered dangerous and extremists, in Frankland.

He moved to Frankland after carrying out an earlier attack against prison officers in the Belmarsh prison in London in 2020, so he added three years and 10 months to his sentence.

Two prison officers remain in the hospital with serious injuries for the last attack, while a third had been discharged.

The letter says “we are writing with absolute disbelief” that, once again, the “evil Hashem Abedi has been allowed to cause danger to life.”

They continue: “While the families of Megan Hurley, Eilidh Macleod, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Curry and Kelly Brewster, our beautiful and beloved children so tragic murdered along with another 16 understanding of terrorist Bavor.”

The families say they understood that the prison meant “confinement in a cell for 23 hours a day, meals served through a hatch and a single hour outside the cell, accompanied by an officer of the prison”, whom they described as “the minimum measure.”

They write: “In our opinion, no privilege should be allowed while fulfilling a sentence for the death of 22 innocent lives and the injection of many more.

“You should not have access to anything that can arise, such as hot oil or items that you can turn into blades.”

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has said that it would be a complete and independent review of the incident, which saw the three prison officers suffer from white weapons and burns.

The families asked Mahmood to “consider the complete severity of Abedi’s actions by determining any additional punishment.”

They wrote “their continuous violence in prison, attacking prison officers in Belmarsh and now trying to kill three more, it shows that it does not feel remorse and does not respect human life.

“We send our sincere sympathies to the three prison officers who were kurados on Saturday, as well as their families. You cannot allow Hashem Abedi to hurt anyone else.

“As broken families, we firmly believe that the appropriate punishment for this individual should be permanent solitary confinement. In truth, anything harder would be more appropriate.”

The MONG said in a statement that he responded to the letter: “Our thoughts remain with the victims of bombing the Manchester arena and their families who are understandably concerned about the shocking attack at HMP Frankland this weekend.

“We have already action tasks to suspend access to kitchens in nearby separation and supervision centers.”

He added that it would establish the terms and scope of the incident review in the next few days.

Mahmood has said separately that he will press for the “strongest possible punishment” for Abedi.

With his brother, the terrorist suicide Salman Abedi, Hashem Abedi planned and prepared the attack against the Ariana Grande concert in 2017.

He was in Libya when the place of the explosion toke and then was extradited to the United Kingdom to face the trial.

Hashem Abedi was convicted in 2020 or 22 positions of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion that endangers life, and sentenced to a minimum period of at least 55 years before he could for probation.

The sentence was a record for a fixed length prison sentence.

It is understood that Hashem Abedi has been transferred to the HMP Full Sutton separation center after the kitchen attack.