1 week ago Major update for UK prisons after Manchester bomb plotter attacks guards with hot oil

The Manchester Arena co-plotter has forced the government to issue a major change that could rollout across all prisons after the terrorist ambushed officers in a horrific jail attack

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1 week ago Use of Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Manchester bomb plotter attack on guards

Four prison officers were injured in an attack by Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi

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1 week ago Use of tasers in prisons to be trialled after Manchester bomb plotter attack

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said actions were being taken to better protect prison staff and the public.

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1 week ago Prison officers demand electric stun guns in UK most dangerous jails after guards were attacked by Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi

The meeting comes after guards at HMP Frankland in County Durham were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons by Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi.

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1 week ago Prison officers demand use of electric stun guns after attack by Manchester Arena bomb plotter

The Prison Officers' Association (POA) will demand the use of electric stun guns in the UK's most dangerous jails when it meets with the Justice Secretary on Wednesday

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2 w. ago Frankland attack victim calls for all UK prison officers to have stab vests

Terrorist Hashem Abedi attacked four prison officers at HMP Frankland

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2 w. ago All UK prison officers should have stab vests, Frankland attack victim warns

Terrorist Hashem Abedi was able to leave four prison officers with injuries including a severed artery in the neck, third degree burns and a punctured lung after the April 12 Frankland attack

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2 w. ago Protective gear review for prison guards after Manchester bomb plotter attack

The Justice Secretary announced a snap review by the Prison Service to report back in the coming months.

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2 w. ago Manchester bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after guards attacked

Hashem Abedi has been transferred to the high security jail in south-east London, it is understood.

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2 w. ago Manchester Arena bombing survivor ‘broken’ by plotter’s prison attack

Martin Hibbert wrote to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood saying Hashem Abedi’s attack on prison guards was a ‘catastrophic failure’ of duty.

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Families of Manchester bomb victims speak of 'absolute disbelief' after Hashem Abedi prison attack

The guards were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons at HMP Frankland by Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi

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2 w. 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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3 w. ago Horrific injuries of prison officers attacked by Manchester Arena bomb plotter revealed as MPs demand

Prison officials need to regain control from Islamist extremists allowed to 'rule the roost' behind bars, a top Tory said on Sunday.

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3 w. ago Warning prison officers will die after Manchester bomber attack

Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi savagely attacked three prison officers at top security Frankland Prison, in County Durham, with boiling oil and makeshift weapons

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3 w. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter attack had prison officers 'cleaning up colleagues' blood'

Sicko Hashem Abedi is alleged to have stabbed three officers at HMP Frankland as well as pouring cooking oil over them as two of the victims remain in a 'life-threatening' condition

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3 w. ago MoJ launches probe into Manchester Arena bomb plotter's brutal attack on prison guards

Hashem Abedi allegedly attacked three prison guards with 'makeshift weapons and hot cooking oil' - leaving officers sustained life-threatening injuries including burns, scalds and stab wounds

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3 w. ago Government to review how ‘Manchester bomb plotter could attack prison guards’

Hashem Abedi threw hot cooking oil over three officers before stabbing them with ‘home-made weapons’, the Prison Officers’ Association said.

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3 w. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter attack saw prison officers 'cleaning up colleagues' blood'

Prison staff were left 'traumatised' after three of their colleagues were allegedly attacked by the Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi

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3 w. ago Two prison officers stabbed by Manchester bombing plotter in stable condition

Two prison officers allegedly stabbed by one of the plotters of a deadly bomb attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, eight years ago are in a stable condition in the hospital, the union representing them said Sunday

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