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Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi targeted prison staff with boiling oil and homemade weapons.

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The parents of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack have spoken of their disbelief after the bomber’s brother Hashem Abedi attacked prison guards

Hashem Abedi is alleged to have attacked three prison officers with hot cooking oil in kitchen at HMP Frankland

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

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

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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Counter-terror police lead investigation after Hashem Abedi’s ‘vicious’ assault at HMP Frankland

The Prison Service confirmed three prison officers were treated in hospital after an attack by a prisoner at HMP Frankland, County Durham.

Hashem Abedi reportedly threw scalding oil over the officers before assaulting them with ‘home-made weapons’