MI5 missed ‘significant opportunity’ to prevent Manchester Arena bombing

The failure of MI5 to act swiftly on crucial intelligence was a “significant missed opportunity” to take action that might have prevented theManchester

Nevertheless, he concluded that there was a “significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack”. Abedi’s family holds “significant responsibility” for his extremist beliefs but he should have been referred to the anti-radicalisation scheme, Prevent, up to two years before the attack.

The report does not describe the nature of these two pieces of intelligence. However, it rejects a previous claim by the Security Service that they related to “non-terrorist criminality” by Abedi. MI5 witnesses told the inquiry that if the first piece of intelligence had been received today it would have prompted “low-level investigative inquiries, in conjunction with the police”.

It said the agent should have raised concerns to colleagues “straight away” and written a report on the same day but did not do so.

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