A Manchester Arena terrorist has allegedly ‘attacked three prison officers with cooking oil and makeshift weapons’ in a high security jail, according to the Prison Officers’ Association (POA).
The officers received life-threatening injuries after being assaulted by Hashem Abedi, the union said.
Abedi is serving life at HMP Frankland in Durham for 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing.
The officers suffered burns and stab wounds when Abedi threw hot cooking oil over them before using makeshift weapons to stab the officers, the POA added.
Two of the officers were still being treated in hospital after the assault at the category A jail in Durham.
One of them was said to have been stabbed in the face and throat and had to be airlifted from the prison for emergency surgery at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesborough.
The other officer was released after being treated following the attack on Saturday morning, prison service sources told The Telegraph.
A Manchester Arena terrorist has allegedly ‘attacked three prison officers with cooking oil and makeshift weapons’ in a high security jail, according to the Prison Officers’ Association (POA). Pictured: Hashem Abedi
Abedi is serving life at HMP Frankland in Durham for 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing. Pictured: The scene close to the Manchester Arena after the terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert
A view of HMP Frankland in Durham, where the police officers were stabbed attacked earlier today
There were unconfirmed reports that Abedi may have had a knife that could have been supplied via a drone into the high security jail.
The incident comes five years after Abedi was convicted of a ‘vicious attack’ on a prison officer in the high security unit of Belmarsh prison in May 2020.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘Three prison officers have been treated in hospital after an attack by a prisoner at HMP Frankland,’ the service said.
‘Police are now investigating so it would be inappropriate to comment further.
‘Violence in prison will not be tolerated, and we will always push for the strongest punishment for attacks on our hard-working staff.’
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