Two men have been arrested over the gruesome murder of a pedophile rock star who was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences in a British jail.

Disgraced former frontman of the Welsh band Lostprophets, Ian Watkins was stabbed to death on Saturday at a jail in West Yorkshire.

"At 9.39am this morning, police were called by staff at HMP Wakefield reporting an assault on a prisoner," a statement from West Yorkshire Police said.

"Emergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.

Watkins' attacker is thought to have slashed his jugular in the attack.

"Watkins has been killed in the most brutal way possible - and the attack was shocking, even by prison standards," a source told The Sun.

"He was targeted by another inmate who shanked him i

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