Teen, 17, who plotted terror attack ‘stabs TEN prison officers in less than a year’ since being jailed

From the Sun

A TEEN held for plotting a terror attack has allegedly stabbed ten prison officers since he was locked up. The 17-year-old Islamist sliced off one’s ear and ­att­acked another after learning he was not a Muslim.

He has also tried to convert fellow detainees, including at weekly prayer meetings.

Yet the teenager — who cannot be named — is said to be “molly­coddled” at Feltham Young Offender Institution in West London. . . guards regularly don full riot gear when they deliver food or let him out to shower or exercise.

He uses improvised weapons made from things like plastic or toothbrushes.

“The first attack happened in the reception area on the day he arrived at Feltham. He asked a guard if he was Muslim, and when he said ‘No’, stabbed him. He’s sliced an officer’s ear off, and stabbed another in the neck with a makeshift ‘shank’. That guy was lucky to survive…”

The schoolboy, from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, was jailed for seven years in April after researching its music festival as a potential target.

The Youth Custody Service said: “All assaults on staff are taken extremely seriously.”

The schoolboy, from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, was jailed for seven years in April after researching its music festival as a potential target.

In the days before, the boy made four searches for a ‘fast lorry’ and 21 for pickup trucks and Ford trucks.

He performed 21 searches for knives at Waitrose and B&Q and also looked for hunting knives and swords.

Another convert, aged 16 messaged the youth via Instagram on July 4, asking: ‘I heard you were going to attack the festival, is this true?’

The boy replied: ‘Correct. But I had no car.’

Instead, the youth planned to attack individuals who worked at the educational unit for pupils with ‘complex needs’ where he was studying.

On July 6, he told another Discord user that he was planning to do an attack ‘for Allah’ and that he ‘stole a knife from a kafir 2day.’

When asked, ‘What’s the plan?’ he responded: ‘To slaughter a kafir.’