Manchester Arena terrorist and Parsons Green Tube bomber charged with joint attack on prison officer

Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi and Parsons Green Tube bomber Ahmed Hassan are charged with joint attack on Belmarsh prison officer

  • Hashem Abedi, 23, and Ahmed Hassan, 21, charged with assault on prison officer
  • Muhammed Saeed, 21, awaiting sentencing for terror offences, was also charged
  • Met Police said the trio are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on April 7

Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi and Parsons Green Tube bomber Ahmed Hassan have been charged with the joint attack on a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh.

The BBC’s Daniele De Simone tweeted: ‘The Manchester Arena and Parsons Green bombers have been charged with assaulting a prison guard together, the BBC has learned. 

‘Hashem Abedi, 23, and Ahmed Hassan, 21, are accused of the assault in HMP Belmarsh, south London, in May last year.’

Parsons Green Tube bomber Ahmed Hassan

Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi (left), 23, and Parsons Green Tube bomber Ahmed Hassan, 21 (right), have been charged with the joint attack on a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh

Muhammed Saeed, 21, who is awaiting sentencing for terror offences, has also been charged with assaulting the prison officer.

Abedi has also been charged with assaulting another prison officer during the same incident at HMP Belmarsh in May last year. 

The trio are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on April 7. 

Abedi was jailed for 55 years in August last year after being found guilty of the murder of 22 people – including an eight-year-old girl – after an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017. 

Belmarsh Prison, where the assault took place, pictured above. The trio are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on April 7

Belmarsh Prison, where the assault took place, pictured above. The trio are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on April 7

Hassan was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 34 years in March 2018 after trying to blow up a packed tube train in west London. 

Saeed was remanded in custody after being convicted of terrorism offences in November last year, for which he is due to be sentenced early this year.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Abedi was also charged with assault on an emergency worker (a second prison officer).

‘The charges relate to an incident at HMP Belmarsh on 11 May 2020.’