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| Kitchen use suspended in high-security prison units after Abedi attack | Kitchen use suspended in high-security prison units after Abedi attack |
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| The government has suspended kitchen use in prison separation centres that are used to house a small number of the UK's most dangerous and extremist inmates, it is understood. | The government has suspended kitchen use in prison separation centres that are used to house a small number of the UK's most dangerous and extremist inmates, it is understood. |
| It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked three prison officers on Saturday in HMP Frankland. | It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked three prison officers on Saturday in HMP Frankland. |
| Two male officers remain in hospital with serious injuries. A female officer was discharged from hospital on Saturday. | Two male officers remain in hospital with serious injuries. A female officer was discharged from hospital on Saturday. |
| Abedi threw hot oil at the officers and stabbed them with blades fashioned from cooking trays, the prison officers' association has said. | Abedi threw hot oil at the officers and stabbed them with blades fashioned from cooking trays, the prison officers' association has said. |
| Abedi had access to the kitchen in Frankland's separation centre, one of only two separation centres currently in use. | Abedi had access to the kitchen in Frankland's separation centre, one of only two separation centres currently in use. |
| It is understood that Hashem Abedi was moved to the separation centre at HMP Full Sutton following the kitchen attack. | |
| The Ministry of Justice has said there will be a full review into the incident. | |
| Abedi was jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 55 years for helping his brother carry out the 2017 suicide bombing of an Ariana Grande concert. | |
| Abedi had been a long-term inmate at HMP Frankland's separation centre, which holds fewer than 10 prisoners and is used to house those considered the most dangerous and extremist. | |
| He moved to Frankland after carrying out an earlier attack on prison officers in London's HMP Belmarsh in 2020. | |
| Earlier that same year, Abedi was found guilty of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life over the Manchester Arena attack. |