(BBC) The government has appointed Jonathan Hall KC to lead a “prompt” review into how Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi was able to carry out a violent attack on four prison officers.
Abedi, 28, who was jailed for life for helping his brother carry out the 2017 bombing, targeted staff at HMP Frankland last month with boiling oil and homemade weapons in a planned ambush.
Mr Hall, who is the current independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, will chair the inquiry into the incident.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the review would examine the operation of separation centres — units designed to manage the most dangerous extremist prisoners — and whether they were fit for purpose.
