Manchester attacker's brother tried to buy bomb ingredients, court told

Hashem Abedi attempted to buy sulphuric acid online but was stopped by friend's father, trial hears The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber attempted to buy ingredients to make a bomb but was thwarted by his friend's father, who warned that it would be used to make explosives, a court has heard. Hashem Abedi, 22, is accused of helping to plan the attack and build the suicide bomb that his brother, Salman, detonated at the end of a concert by the singer Ariana Grande in May 2017, killing 22 pe...