Manchester Arena terrorist ‘attacked prison officers with five knives’

Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi used five makeshift knives to attack prison officers, a court heard. Abedi, 28, is serving a minimum of 55 years for helping his brother Salman’s suicide attack which killed 22 others at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017. He is now accused of trying to murder Paul Crampton, Gary Speight and Catherine Herbert at HMP Frankland on 11 April. Abdedi is also charged with assaulting Craig Thompson causing actual bodily harm. He was cooking in…