Prison bosses are investigating after a terrorist was reportedly slashed in the face in HMP Manchester. Husnain Rashid was jailed in July after admitting to a string of terror offences – including encouraging attacks on the Trafford Centre and Prince George.
The 34-year-old, from Lancashire, was attacked in Strangeways prison last Wednesday, reports suggest.
A spokesman for the Prison Service confirmed that a prisoner was taken to hospital following an incident and that an investigation was underway.
They said in a statement: “A prisoner received hospital treatment for minor injuries following an incident at HMP Manchester on Wednesday, July 25. An investigation is taking place.”
Rasnid, who also used the highly encrypted communication app Telegram to post instructions on how to poison fruit in supermarkets with cyanide, was arrested following a raid on his home in November last year.
The Islamic State fanatic tried to flee police. He ran out of the back door and threw his mobile phone high into the air to avoid being found with it in his possession.
But it landed right at the feet of an officer who had surrounded the house and contained ‘a treasure trove’ of evidence, the court heard.
Mobile phones owned by Rashid were found to have text messages on them between him and the ISIS news agency, Amaq.
Speaking after the sentencing, Chief Sup Will Chatterton from Counter Terrorism Policing North West said: “Rashid was a prolific poster on Telegram, a messaging and media platform which prides itself on never having provided law enforcement agencies with any user data.”
