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The brother of Manchester Arena terrorist attacks three prison officers today.

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sat 12-Apr-25 20:19:40

Awful.
Attacked them by throwing hot cooking oil over them (beggars belief he was allowed access to that surely) then stabbed them with various implements.

Just now in the Telegraph:
“One of the Islamist terrorists behind the Manchester Arena bombing has allegedly attacked three prison officers with weapons and cooking oil in a high-security jail.

Two officers suffered life threatening injuries after being attacked in HMP Frankland in Durham by Hashem Abedi on Saturday, in a case that will raise questions about security measures in Britain’s prisons. Abedi is serving life for 22 murders in the Manchester Arena bombing.

The officers suffered burns and stab wounds when Abedi threw hot cooking oil over them before using home made weapons to stab the guards, the Prison Officers Association union said.

One of the officers was said to have been stabbed in the face and throat and had to be airlifted for emergency surgery at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. A second officer is still being treated in hospital. The third, a female officer, was released after treatment.”

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Franski Sun 13-Apr-25 14:04:18

I had a beloved dog who started getting erratic and snapping at visitors. It got to the stage where we had to have him put down. Or he would have stayed locked up, in a muzzle and away from people, and a constant worry. For his sake and everyone else's. I am not a proponent of capital punishment, but honestly this case makes me wonder what the difference is between my dog and this dangerous man. Not revenge just mercy all round.

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Nano14 Sun 13-Apr-25 14:08:39

He was working in the kitchen, unbelievably!

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Nano14 Sun 13-Apr-25 14:14:11

Wyllow3

Not just terrorists - any violent prisoner as dangerous as him it has to be mostly solitary confinement/cuffing when the one hour exercise alone and so on.

Yes, I agree serious assaults are quite common in prisons.

There were 10,281 assaults on staff in the 12 months to June 2024, a 30% increase from the previous 12 months, and a new peak. In the latest quarter the number of assaults on staff increased by 2% to 2,655 incidents. The rate of serious assaults on staff increased by 24% to 11 per 1,000 prisoners (974 incidents) in the 12 months to June 20.

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Wyllow3 Sun 13-Apr-25 14:36:15

It has, Nano14 - this report from Cambridgeshire just 4 days ago

www.cambs.police.uk/news/cambridgeshire/news/2025/april/vicious-attack-towards-prison-officer/

I'm guessing that the ratio of prisoners to staff and overcrowding has got a lot worse - making close observation of patterns of behaviour much harder to monitor.

Being locked up for long periods of time with no exercise or activity at all because of lack of safe ways to do this makes bad into worse. I don't think he did this specifically because he was an "Islamist" but because he is a combination of very ill and very evil, frankly.

A sociopath of whoever origin can pretend to have "improved" behaviour wise (I can't imagine any other reason he was allowed in the kitchen).

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