THREE fanatical Muslim convicts stabbed and battered a prison officer after taking him hostage.

The terrified warder was freed after a four-hour ordeal at Full Sutton Prison, East Yorks — said to have been inspired by the murder and attempted beheading of soldier Lee Rigby by two extremists in Woolwich on Wednesday. The unnamed male officer was in hospital last night and is lucky to be alive, sources said yesterday.

A female prison guard was also injured as she tried to stop the brutes dragging her colleague away.

Full Sutton jail houses some of Britain’s most dangerous terrorists and criminals and is notorious for its hardline Muslim inmates.

A source said: “This had all the hallmarks of a pre-planned attack inspired by the Woolwich atrocity.



“It’s something officials have been fearing could happen for several years and now it finally has.



“The officer was frankly lucky to survive. The attack was brutal. He is badly shaken but realises how fortunate he’s been.”



The officer’s injuries were said to include a broken jaw. The convicts snatched him near the kitchens of the jail’s E Wing on Sunday at about 4pm.



Full Sutton’s governor Paul Foweather was kept informed as officers initially locked around 600 inmates in their cells and tried to calm the explosive stand-off.



But within minutes a decision was taken to call in the crack National Tactical Response Group — the Prison Service’s version of a riot squad. They finally managed to free the officer shortly before 9pm.



The attackers were believed to include two men who are serving long sentences and a third who converted to Islam in prison. He is said to be a white man jailed for a serious violent offence.



Full Sutton prison officers are now calling for an increase in manpower. The source said: “It’s fair to say they feel that with the increased threat against them, they need more officers and more resources.”







Terrorism expert Neil Doyle yesterday said the attack on the prison officer appeared to have been staged in support of those who murdered Lee.



He added: “Terrorist incidents like that of last week often serve to inspire others. AlQaeda has for some time now been preaching a strategy based on smaller, individual attacks rather than larger, more complex ‘spectaculars’ which are harder to plan and more likely to alert the security services.



“Prison officers are under no illusions of the dangers they face and they will be on high alert for copycat attacks.”



The Prison Service has long been concerned at the spread of radical Islam inside Britain's jails.



Experts say a tiny number of fanatics, most serving long sentences, have huge influence over disaffected young Muslims.



Just last March, prison inspectors warned about growing tensions at Full Sutton — where, in 2009, a plot was uncovered involving the escape of nine Muslims, including some terrorists, in a hijacked helicopter. Accomplices on the outside intended to hire the chopper to land inside the prison's walls at gunpoint. Among those who have served time in Full Sutton are Bluewater bomb plot ringleader Omar Khyam, 31.



Britain is still in shock after soldier Lee, 25, of 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was hacked to death in the street.



Killers Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, were still in separate hospitals last night after being shot by police on Wednesday. A Prison Service spokesman last night confirmed: “An incident involving three prisoners took place at HMP Full Sutton. A police investigation is ongoing.”



- CABBIE Tayyab Subhani, 30, and restaurant worker Mohammed Safdar, 41, were yesterday remanded in custody after appearing at Chelmsford Magistrates Court accused of threatening to blow up a Pakistan Airlines jet bound for Manchester.







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