‘Prison employees have been calling for stab proof vests for years now’, say Prison Officers Association

Counter terrorism police are main the investigation into an assault on three jail officers by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber.

The Prison Officers Association (POA) mentioned 28-year-old Hashem Abedi – the brother of Salman Abedi – threw sizzling cooking oil over the guards earlier than stabbing them with selfmade weapons.

Sky News spoke to Mark Fairhurst the National Chair of Prision Officers Association (POA) who pledged that extra needs to be carried out to guard jail employees.

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