Prisoner fighting for his life after being stabbed inside HMP Wandsworth
An inmate is in a critical condition after being stabbed inside HMP Wandsworth just days after terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped from the prison.
The man was rushed to a major trauma centre by ambulance after emergency services were called just after 3pm on Sunday. An air ambulance was also sent to the scene.The incident was reportedly between prisoners. Police have said they were called at around 3.20pm to reports of an inmate being assaulted at the prison. They confirmed to the Mirror there have been no arrests with "enquiries ongoing to establish who was responsible" but that the wound is not believed to be self-inflicted.
A force statement said: "Police were called at approximately 15:20hrs on Sunday, 10 September to reports of an inmate assaulted inside HMP Wandsworth. Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and a man has been taken to hospital for treatment to a stab injury – he remains there in a critical condition. No arrests; enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing."
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called today (10 September) at 3:05pm to reports of an incident at Wandsworth prison, SW18. We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew and a medic in a fast-response car. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. We treated a man at the scene before taking him to a major trauma centre.”
An inmate has been stabbed at HMP Wandsworth just days after terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped from the prison (PA)A Prison Service spokesperson said: "Staff swiftly responded to an incident between prisoners at HMP Wandsworth today. We have a zero tolerance approach to violence and will always take strong action against those who break these rules."
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It comes as around 40 inmates at the London prison have been moved out in the aftermath of Khalife's escape, the Justice Secretary has said. Alex Chalk said on Sunday that the preliminary findings of his investigation into the Category B jail have found that the relevant procedures and security staff were in place.
But he said dozens of individuals on remand have been moved to different sites "out of an abundance of caution" amid questions over why a former soldier accused of a terror offence was not in the highest security prison. The Mirror has contacted the Prison Service and asked for further information from the Met.
Former soldier Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial after being charged with offences relating to terrorism and the Official Secrets Act when he escaped on Wednesday. He had been previously stationed at Beacon Barracks in Staffordshire while working as a computer network engineer with the Royal Corps of Signals. He had allegedly planted a fake bomb at the RAF base and gathered information that might be useful to terrorists or enemies of the UK.
Khalife was arrested on Saturday morning by an undercover police officer while riding a bicycle along Greenford Canal in Northolt with witnesses describing seeing him with a sleeping bag and a Waitrose cooler bag of groceries as he was detained. He had managed to cover more than 12 miles since his escape.
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