Whitemoor prison terrorist attackers ‘known to be dangerous’

(BBC) Two inmates have been convicted of attempting to murder a prison officer in a terror attack inside a maximum-security jail. Both were known to be dangerous and had been involved in violence in prison before.

When Brusthom Ziamani and Baz Hockton attacked Ian Trundle at HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, in January, the assault was the first terrorist attack to occur inside a British jail.

It was not a snap decision by the two men responsible.

They had planned it in advance, crafting makeshift weapons, fake suicide vests and a martyrdom letter.

It was not the first time either of the men had been involved in prison violence.

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