Manchester Arena bomb plotter attacks three prison officers

Hashem Abedi was jailed for life in August 2020 for assisting his brother, Salman Abedi, to carry out the suicide bombing at Manchester Arena in 2017. Photograph: GMP/PA

Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into an attack on three prison officers by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber.

Hashem Abedi, who ploted the 2017 bombing, attacked three prison officers with hot cooking oil at a high-security prison, the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) said.