UK: Brother of Manchester jihad attacker stabs three prison officers and attacks them with hot oil

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Hashem Abedi, one of the individuals responsible for the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert, allegedly attacked three prison officers with weapons and hot oil, according to British media reports on Saturday.

Abedi reportedly left two officers with life-threatening injuries, using makeshift weapons to stab them before burning them with hot cooking oil at HMP Frankland in Durham.

One officer was reportedly stabbed in the throat and face, requiring him to be airlifted to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for immediate treatment.

This isn't the first incident involving Abedi attacking prison staff; in 2020, he was sentenced to nearly four years for an attack on a prison officer at Belmarsh.

Abedi was also implicated in helping his brother Salman carry out the Manchester Arena bombing. In 2020, he was convicted on 22 counts of murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life, receiving a sentence of at least 55 years in prison.

(This Article was originally published by Jihad Watch)