(BBC) Manchester Arena bombmaker Hashem Abedi has pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder three prison officers in a terrorist attack.
The 28-year-old is serving a life sentence for helping his suicide bomber brother Salman Abedi murder 22 people in the 2017 Manchester Arena atrocity.
Hashem Abedi entered not guilty pleas to three counts of attempted murder, one of assault causing actual bodily harm, and one of having offensive weapons inside a prison.
The Old Bailey in London was told the alleged offences had a “terrorist” motivation.
Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward KC said Abedi twice shouted “Allahu akbar” — meaning “God is greatest” — during the attack at HMP Frankland in County Durham on 12 April.
