Manchester Arena attack trial jurors shown mock-up of bomb

(BBC) A mock-up of the suicide bomb used by Salman Abedi in the Manchester Arena attack has been shown to jurors.

Abedi used a detonator which was inserted into a paint tin containing the highly-explosive homemade substance TATP, the court heard.

Hashem Abedi, 22, is on trial at the Old Bailey, accused of helping his brother plan the attack at the end of the Ariana Grande concert.

He denies 22 murders, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions.

Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device packed with shrapnel as 359 people milled around the arena foyer at 22:31 BST on 22 May, 2017 — one minute after the concert ended.

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