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  "textContent": "Ian Huntley being questioned by detectives Friday August 16, 2002, about the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman (Picture: PA)\n\nA man yelled ‘I’ve done it, I’ve done it’ after Soham killer Ian Huntley was attacked at a maximum security jail, reports have said.\n\nDurham Constabulary said a prisoner, understood to be Huntley, was assaulted in the workshop of HMP Frankland near Durham on Thursday morning and taken to hospital.\n\nThe Sun, which first reported the attack, said the killer was knocked unconscious with a metal pole and quoted a source saying his condition was ‘touch and go’.\n\nAccording to the paper, a man shouted ‘I’ve done it, I’ve done it’ after the 52-year-old was hit six times.\n\nHuntley was treated for head injuries and remains in a serious condition in hospital, the force said on Thursday afternoon.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News **alerts the moment it happens.\n\nA prisoner in his mid-40s has been identified as a suspect in the attack, according to police.\n\nA spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: ‘The 52-year-old prisoner who was injured during this morning’s assault in the workshop at HMP Frankland remains in a serious condition in hospital following treatment for head injuries.\n\n‘Police forensic teams have examined the scene of the attack throughout the day to gather evidence.\n\n‘A suspect, a male prisoner in his mid-40s, has been identified by officers investigating the incident.\n\n‘He has not been arrested at this stage but remains in detention within the prison.’\n\nFormer caretaker Huntley killed 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, on August 4 2002, then dumped their bodies in a ditch.\n\nHolly Wells (left) and her best friend Jessica Chapman pictured in their Manchester United shirts shortly before they disappeared (Picture: PA)\n\nThe Press Association understands Huntley was left in a pool of blood after the incident.\n\nThursday’s assault was the latest attempt on Huntley’s life and he was thought to have been kept under close observation to prevent similar attacks.\n\nHe is serving a life sentence with a recommendation that he serves at least 40 years for the murders.\n\nIn 2010, robber Damien Fowkes slashed Huntley with a home-made weapon, causing a “severe, gaping cut to the left side of his neck” with a 7in (18cm) wound which required 21 stitches.\n\nFowkes asked a prison officer: ‘Is he dead? I hope so.’\n\nHe described Huntley as a ‘notorious child killer, both inside prison and in society in general’.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nManchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi is accused of carrying out ‘terrorist’ attacks on prison officers at the maximum security jail with hot cooking oil and makeshift weapons.\n\nHe denies three counts of attempted murder after four officers were injured on April 12.\n\nFormer Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died after an alleged attack last October at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences.\n\nOn Monday, Killamarsh killer Damien Bendall was handed another life sentence after he admitted the attempted murder of another Frankland inmate who he attacked with a claw hammer in a prison workshop.\n\nA prison officer who witnessed the attack thought Bendall, who murdered his partner and three children with a hammer and is serving a whole life tariff, had killed his victim, but he survived.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
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