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LANCASTER, Calif. - An inmate at a state prison in Lancaster allegedly attacked two officers with a makeshift weapon during a morning meal release, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

What we know:

Around 7:40 a.m. on June 1, inmate Michael P. O’Neill attacked two officers while they were monitoring the meal release. According to the CDCR , O’Neill began stabbing an officer with an improvised weapon. Another officer immediately responded, and O’Neill started attacking the second officer.

Staff quickly stopped the attack and activated 911. The officers were transported to an outside medical facility where they were treated and released.

O’Neill was transported to a different facility to be placed in restricted housing. No one else was inj

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