Manchester Arena Bomber Should Have Been Identified as Threat, Inquiry Finds

Manchester Arena Bomber Should Have Been Identified as Threat, Inquiry Finds
Undated photo showing floral tributes to victims of the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. Kim Pilling/PA
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Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat on the night of the attack by those in charge of security, a public inquiry into the May 2017 attack has found.

In his 196-page report examining security arrangements at the venue where 22 people were murdered and hundreds were injured at the end of an Ariana Grande concert, inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders found there were a number of missed opportunities to prevent or minimise the “devastating impact.”