The terrorist brother who bombed the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England in 2017 was accused of launching a violent attack inside a high-security prison where he was playing his part in the bombing of the concert on Saturday.
The Association of Prison Officers, representing prison staff across the UK, said 28-year-old Hashem Abedi had attacked three guards at the Frankland Prison, a prison in Durham County, in northeastern England. Officers received “burns, muscles, stabs and stabs” during the attack, the association said.
According to a statement from the organization, Abedi “had been throwing hot cooking oil over them, then they produced homemade weapons and began stabbing officers.”
A spokesman for the country's prison services said that as of 4pm on Saturday, one female officer was treated for a hospital injury and was subsequently discharged. Two male officers remained in the hospital.
In 2020, Abedi was sentenced to life in prison for a minimum term of 55 years in the 2017 attack in Manchester. The Islamic State terrorist group has argued responsibility for the bombing, which was Britain's most deadly terrorist attack since the series of bombings that hit London in 2005.
Abedi was convicted of killing 22 victims who died in the explosion after prosecutors said he was just as “responsible” as his brother Salman Abedi, who died in the attack. British law did not allow a judge to grant Abedi a life sentence without parole, as he was under the age of 21 at the time of the attack.
In a statement on Saturday's attack, the prison said: “The police are currently investigating, so it is inappropriate to comment further. Violence in prisons is not tolerated and we will always seek the strongest punishment for attacks on hard-working staff.”
The attack has been investigated by Durham Constabrary and says the investigation is ongoing.
