Manchester Arena terrorist ‘assaults three jail officers with cooking oil and makeshift weapons’

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 who is serving life at HMP Frankland in Durham for 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing, the union said.

They suffered burns and stab wounds when Abedi threw hot cooking oil over them before using makeshift weapons to stab the officers, POA added.

Two of the officers were still being treated in hospital after the assault at the category A jail in Durham. 

The Telegraph reports one was released after being treated following the attack on Saturday morning, according to prison service sources.

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