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Manchester Arena terrorist charged with attempted murder after prison officers attacked in jail
MANCHESTER Arena bomb plotter Hasham Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder.
Four prison officers were stabbed and scolded in a horror attack at maximum security HMP Frankland in Co Durham in April.
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Abedi, 28, is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon .
Counter Terrorism Policing North East said it had carried out a "thorough investigation" of the incident with Durham Constabulary and HMP Frankland.
Abedi - who remains in prison - is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 18.
Abedi is serving at least 55 years' jail for helping suicide bomber brother Salman plan the 2017 attack at Manchester Arena which killed 22 and injured more than 1,000 at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
