The Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi’s brother Hashem Abedi, was sentenced Thursday to at least 55 years in prison for his involvement in the Ariana Grande concert attack that killed 22 people in May 2017.

The man identified as Hashem Abedi had denied helping the Manchester Arena attack but was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions. His sentencing had been postponed due to travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.

His elder brother Salman Abedi, who set off the bomb, died on May 22, 2017. The bomb set off at the end of the concert as people were ready to leave the show. 

The brothers were born in Manchester to Libyan parents. They had travelled to Libya the month before the attack. Salman returned to the UK on May 18, 2017, when he finalised preparations for the attack. Hashem remained in Libya until he was extradited to Britain and arrested at a London airport last year.