Child murderer Ian Huntley seriously injured in prison attack
Soham double murderer Ian Huntley is being treated for serious head injuries after he was attacked by another inmate in a prison workshop.
The 52-year-old is serving a life sentence for murdering schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in August 2002.
The Prison Service confirmed a prisoner was taken from HMP Frankland, a high-security facility in County Durham, to hospital on Thursday morning.
Durham Constabulary said a male prisoner in his mid-40s suspected of carrying out the attack was "in detention" but had not been arrested "at this stage".
The Sun newspaper, which first reported, external the attack, said Huntley was beaten with a metal pole.
An air ambulance was dispatched to HMP Frankland, but the North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said the injured inmate was taken to hospital by road.
Durham Constabulary confirmed a police investigation is under way and that detectives are liaising with staff at the prison.
"Police were alerted to an assault which had taken place within HMP Frankland in Durham this morning," a Durham police spokesman said.
"A male prisoner suffered serious injuries during the incident and was transported to hospital."
The deaths of 10-year-olds Jessica and Holly in the quiet Cambridgeshire town of Soham on 4 August 2002 shocked the country.