The Manchester Arena suicide bombing in 2017—which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more—may have been prevented if MI5 had not missed a “significant” opportunity, the third and final report from the public inquiry has announced.
Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a device on May 22, 2017 in the foyer of Manchester Arena, known as the City Room, a few minutes after the end of an Ariana Grande concert, killing 22 people.
His younger brother Hashem was later extradited from Libya, convicted by a jury in London, and in August 2020 jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 55 years.
None of Abedi’s relatives cooperated with the public inquiry and his older brother, Ismail, was allowed to flee the country and is believed to be in Libya….