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The prison guards attacked by the Manchester Arena bomber’s brother are now stable after suffering several stab wounds.
The officers received life-threatening injuries after being assaulted by Hashem Abedi at HMP Frankland, County Durham, on Saturday, the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) said.
Abedi, 28, is serving life at the high-security prison for helping his brother plot 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing.
The officers suffered burns, scalds and stab wounds when Abedi threw hot cooking oil over them before using makeshift weapons to stab them in the ‘unprovoked’ and ‘vicious’ attack, the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) added.
Abedi was preparing food in a kitchen at the category A jail, dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’, when his terrifying rampage began and he started throwing scalding oil on a pair of guards, a source told The Sun.
The attacker is then said to have produced two huge homemade weapons with 20cm long blades before he started slashing at the duo as well as another officer.
One of the guards was stabbed in the neck once and another officer was stabbed five times in the back, according to the source.
Mark Fairhurst, national chairman of the POA, told BBC Breakfast two prison officers who remain in hospital following an attack at HMP Frankland in County Durham have ‘stabilised’.
Officers are now stable received life-threatening injuries when they were assaulted by Hashem Abedi, 28, and suffered burns, scalds and stab wounds
He is serving life at the high-security prison, HMP Frankland, County Durham, for helping his brother plot 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing
This picture shows police interviewing Hashem following the horrific 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack
Salman Abedi, Hashem’s brother, at Victoria Station making his way to the Manchester Arena, on May 22, 2017
‘Two are still in hospital with serious injuries, but I’m glad to report they’ve stabilised,’ he said.
‘A third member of staff was discharged yesterday.’
All three staff members also suffered burns and scalds.
He added authorities needed to take a ‘long, hard look’ at how regimes are handled in separation centres following an attack on prison officers at HMP Frankland in County Durham.
‘I am appalled that these offenders in a separation centre are allowed the same privileges as normal location prisoners,’ he told BBC Breakfast.
‘A separation centre is there for a reason. All we need to do with those types of prisoners is give them their basic entitlements.
‘Separation centres should be for control and containment.’
