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The Durham Constabulary released a brief statement confirming the death.
“Ian Huntley, aged 52, sustained severe injuries during an event in the workshop on the morning of Thursday, February 26,” the statement revealed.
“Authorities are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.”
Huntley became infamous after his 2003 conviction for murder, a case that drew international attention.
On August 4, 2002, Wells and Chapman vanished after leaving a barbecue to purchase sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire, remaining missing for nearly two weeks.
The case captivated the country, with a photo of the two girls wearing matching Manchester United soccer shirts being widely circulated in newspapers and in television news bulletins.
Their bodies were found when a group of hikers discovered the girls’ remains beside a dirt path in a wooded area a few miles from the village.
Huntley denied murdering the two girls, and even spoke often to reporters during the search.
His partner, Maxine Carr was a teaching assistant at the girls’ school, and was convicted of giving Huntley a false alibi.
She was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment for perverting the course of justice. She now lives under a new identity.
Multiple attempts were made on Huntley’s life while he was imprisoned, and he was kept under close protection along with other notorious killers.
In one incident in 2010, his throat was slashed by another inmate.
British media have reported that murderer and rapist Anthony Russell, 43, was responsible for the attack that ultimately led to Huntley’s death.
No charges have been laid.
Reported with Associated Press