Jailed Islamic extremists 'stabbed and battered warder hostage after prison imam asked them to pray for murdered soldier Lee Rigby'

Three jailed Islamic extremists stabbed a warder and beat him for four hours after the prison imam called on them to pray for murdered soldier Lee Rigby, it was reported last night.
The group was believed to have been led by Muslim fanatic Parviz Khan, who is serving life for plotting to behead a British soldier.
He and two other inmates snatched the warder from E-wing at Full Sutton prison, near York, and held him hostage before stabbing him during a stand-off with guards yesterday afternoon.
The terrified hostage, who is in his 30s, was locked in a cleaning room where he was also beaten with mop handles and told he was going to die.

Hostage crisis: A prison warder was reportedly snatched by three Muslim inmates at Full Sutton Prison, York before being beaten senseless for four hours

The prison's National Tactical Response Group were called and eventually managed to free him and he was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The three prisoners were thought to have become enraged following a prison imam’s call for Muslim inmates to pray for soldier Lee Rigby, who was stabbed to death by extremists last week.
A Prison Service spokesman confirmed that three prisoners were involved in an incident on Sunday and said that ‘a police investigation is ongoing’.

 

Khan, from Birmingham, was jailed for life in 2008 for plotting to kidnap a soldier off the streets with the promise of drugs then film his beheading.
Described in Leicester Crown Court court as having 'the most violent and extreme Islamist views', he was ordered to serve at least 14 years in jail.

Flashpoint: The incident is thought to have been sparked when a prison imam called for Muslims inmates to pray for murdered British soldier Lee Rigby

His accomplices were an African-born fanatic and and British man who converted to Islam while in prison.
The warder hostage was said to have been battered senseless by the gang who threatened to pour caustic toilet cleaner in his eyes.
Prison authorities were reportedly concerned that they had managed to get hold of knives from the kitchens which they would use to behead their captive.
Full Sutton Prison houses dozens of extremist prisoners and there has been recent concern about the spread of radical Islam behind its walls.
In March inspectors warned about growing tensions at the prison.
In 2009 an escape plot was uncovered which involved hi-jacking a helicopter and landing it in the prison grounds to free nine Muslim inmates.

Attack: Drummer Rigby was killed on the street in Woolwich, south London when Michael Adebolajo launched his attack

Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, south-east London, with a knife in his hand at the scene where Lee Rigby was stabbed to death

Yesterday tensions were inflamed further after Islamic grafitti was daubed over war memorials
There have been several attacks on mosques including an arson attack at an Islamic Cultural centre in Grimsby.
Ten people have now been held for questioning in connection with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby who was attacked on a street in Woolwich, London.
Suspects Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michaeal Adebolwale, 22, are in hospital after being shot by police at the scene.
Officers have said they will not be questioned until they have recovered from their injuries.

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