Masked gang ambush prison officers as they finish work

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city Masked men armed with baseball bats lay in wait and attacked two prison officers as they finished work at a Salford prison.

One officer needed hospital treatment after being struck on the arm and another managed to jump out of the way as the gang crashed a car through a barrier and attempted to mow him down.

The men also smashed windows on the visitors centre at HMP Forest Bank in Agecroft before fleeing. The incident happened two weeks ago but details have only emerged now.

The Manchester Evening News understands that one line of inquiry is that the attack may have been "revenge" for an inmate being moved out of the prison after allegedly assaulting