2 h. ago Manchester Arena bomber's brother is caged in one of 12 'super cells' in UK's most secure jails after guards attack

Hashem Abedi is accused of attacking the three officers at HMP Frankland in County Durham with boiling oil and makeshift blades on Saturday March 12th.

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5 h. ago Security review planned for Pennsylvania governor's official residence after arson attack

An independent expert will review security at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's official residence after investigators accused a man of scaling a wall and setting fire to the mansion

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6 h. ago Call for greater protection for prison officers and lower retirement age after Hashem Abedi attack

HMP Frankland staff 'traumatised, fragile and angry'

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10 h. ago Teenage killer on vulnerable prisoners wing hurled boiling water over guards

Jayden O'Brien, 18, was serving a six-year sentence at HMP Wetherby for manslaughter when he attacked two officers while on a vulnerable and volatile prisoner wing.

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12 h. ago Manchester Arena bomber’s brother given spork in prison days after alleged attack on three officers

Hashem Abedi moved to HMP Belmarsh, where he previously attacked a prison officer in 2020

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27 h. ago I was in prison with monsters like Hashem Abedi. This is the shocking truth about how he and militant jihadists are worshipped as heroes behind bars

When I heard the news on Saturday that the jihadi terrorist Hashem Abedi used boiling oil and 'homemade weapons' in a brutal attack on three officers at HMP Frankland, I was not at all surprised.

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28 h. ago French prisons hit by wave of attacks after clampdown on drug traffickers

Terrorism office launches investigation into assaults including gunmen opening fire on entrance to Toulon jailFrance’s national terrorism office has launched an investigation into a wave of apparently coordinated attacks at multiple prisons across the country believed to be linked to a government clampdown on drug traffickers.Gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire on the entrance to Toulon prison in southern France in the early hours of Tuesday, while in recent days cars have been set alight outside four other jails, and in Marseille a residential building housing prison guards was attacked. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Keir Starmer ‘appalled’ by attack on prison officers by Manchester bomb plotter and vows urgent investigation

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said ‘it is clear something went terribly wrong’ in the management of Hashem Abedi

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47 h. ago Eilidh MacLeod's family in 'disbelief' that Manchester bomber able to attack prison officers

Eilidh, from the Outer Hebrides, was just 14 years old when she was murdered along with 21 others at an Ariana Grande concert in the Manchester Arena in 2017.

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49 h. ago Manchester Arena families in ‘disbelief’ that ‘evil’ Hashem Abedi was able to attack prison officers

Inmates in high-security units banned from kitchens after prison officers attacked by Manchester Arena bomber with hot oil and blades

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50 h. ago Manchester Arena families express fury that bomb plotter had access to kitchen and hot oil used in assault on guards

The families of Manchester Arena bomb victims have told of their 'absolute disbelief' that an 'evil' terrorist killer was able to attack prison officers.

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50 h. ago Prison officers are 'traumatised and angry' after Hashem Abedi attack, boss says

Three staff at HMP Frankland have been left with life-changing injuries

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51 h. ago ‘My former colleagues were attacked at HMP Frankland – prisons are more dangerous for guards than ever’

The former officer says the prison service is ‘on its knees’ after two violent attacks in recent days

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52 h. ago Man tried to murder police officer at train station in horror attack

Russell Smith attacked the officer before threatening others and smearing his own faeces over his cell wall

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54 h. ago Starmer ‘appalled’ by attack on prison officers and pledges urgent investigation

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said ‘it is clear something went terribly wrong’ in the management of bomb plotter Hashem Abedi.

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55 h. ago Convicted murderer John Mansfield, 63, is 'killed by another prisoner' in high

A convicted murderer has been killed by another prisoner in another jail security failure just a day after three prison officers were brutally attacked.

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58 h. ago European officials condemn Russia's deadly Palm Sunday attack on Ukraine's Sumy

European officials have condemned Russia’s deadly missile attack k on Ukraine’s Sumy that killed and wounded scores

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60 h. ago EU foreign ministers meet in wake of deadly Russian attack on Sumy as Zelenskyy issues plea for Trump to visit Ukraine – Europe live

EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg after Russian attack kills at least 34 in SumyThe Ukrainian air force said on Monday that Russia launched 62 drones to attack the country overnight, Reuters reported.Separately, regional officials said overnight attacks by Russia sparked a fire at a petrol station in Zaporizhzhia, injured at least eight people and damaged houses across the southeastern part of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb terrorist Hashem Abedi seen GRINNING moments before horrific 'hot oil' prison officer attack

Hashem Abedi is serving at least 55 years behind bars after helping his suicide bomber brother Salman plan the 2017 atrocity

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65 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations

Russian missiles hit the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week.

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