Incident at Full Sutton prison
Police are investigating an incident at Full Sutton Prison near York involving three prisoners which broke out on Sunday afternoon.
Counter-terrorism officers investigate hostage incident at HMP Full Sutton
Counter-terrorist units are investigating an attack on two prison officers at Full Sutton maximum security jail near York.
One warder was held hostage for several hours by three inmates.
The Prison Service has stressed that they were not serving sentences for terror-related offences.
The attack comes less than a week after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich.
Gregg Easteal reports.
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