Manchester Arena bomb plotter attacks prison guards with hot oil
Apr 13, 2025
London [UK], April 13: In Britain, Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi has attacked three prison guards with hot cooking oil, the Prison Officers' Association (POA) has said.
The Prison Service confirmed three prison officers were treated in hospital after an attack by a prisoner at HMP Frankland, County Durham.
Abedi threw hot cooking oil over the officers on Saturday before producing "home-made weapons" and stabbing them, said the POA, a trade union covering prison staff.
The officers sustained life-threatening injuries including burns, scalds and stab wounds in the "unprovoked" and "vicious" attack, it added.
One female officer was discharged by 4pm on Saturday.
Abedi was convicted of assisting with the Manchester terror plot, in which his suicide bomber brother Salman Abedi killed 22 people by detonating a homemade rucksack-bomb in a crowd of concert-goers.
Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood, post on X, formerly Twitter: "I am appalled by the attack of three brave officers at HMP Frankland today. My thoughts are with them and their families. (PA Media/dpa)
Source: Qatar Tribune
