The Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.
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 after an incident at HMP Frankland in Durham on 12 April.
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 18 September.
Three prison officers were taken to hospital with serious injuries after the incident.
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