PA MediaIan Huntley was serving a life sentence for the murders of two 10-year-old schoolgirlsIan Huntley, the former school caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in Soham, has died following an attack in prison.The 52-year-old suffered significant head trauma after being attacked with a makeshift weapon by another inmate at HMP Frankland on 26 February and had been on life support in hospital.He had been serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years for murdering best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002.The brutality of his crimes made him a target in prison and he had been attacked several times previously. The BBC understands that triple killer Anthony Russell, 43, is suspected of attacking Huntley. Sources previously told the BBC Huntley was found lying in a pool of blood after being bludgeoned with a makeshift weapon at a workshop at the high security prison in County Durham.Holly and Jessica vanished after leaving a family barbecue in their small town near Cambridge in August 2002.It is believed they were on their way to buy sweets when Huntley, then aged 28, lured them back to his home and killed them.The photo of the girls he killed - in their red Manchester United football kits - is etched in the minds of many who vividly remember their disappearance and murder.Their disappearance made national headlines and led to police appeals and tireless searches of the town and flat countryside of The Fens.A fortnight after searches began, the girls' bodies were found in a ditch about 10 miles away, near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.Huntley was arrested the same day. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to a minimum of 40 years for the double murders.His girlfriend Maxine Carr was also jailed in 2003 after being found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice for giving him a false alibi. She has since been released.Soham