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Rob Freeman

Manchester Arena bombing survivor ‘broken’ by plotter’s prison attack

An attack on prison officers by Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi has been labelled a “catastrophic failure” of duty by the Justice Secretary in a letter from one of the survivors.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it will carry out a review following the attack at HMP Frankland in County Durham on Saturday after three guards were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons.

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