Rock singer Ian Watkins, a convicted pedophile, was killed in a prison attack in the UK.

He was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield for child sex offenses. According to the BBC, West Yorkshire Police responded to the prison on Saturday morning after a prisoner was assaulted and pronounced dead at the scene.

Watkins was jailed in December 2013 for multiple child sex offenses, including the attempted rape of a baby.

The Lostprophets singer was attacked with a knife by another prison inmate, per TMZ. Detectives are investigating the incident.

Watkins was 48.

The BBC reported he was also attacked in prison in August 2023, but his injuries were not life-threatening.

Meanwhile, the attack at Wakefield Prison occurred less than two weeks after a report on the facility revealed a sig

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