(BBC) A “fatal cocktail” of security failures contributed to Manchester Arena being unsafe on the night it was bombed, the inquiry into the attack has heard.
John Cooper QC, representing 12 bereaved families, told a hearing the failures were not “slight or marginal,” but “fundamental and chronic.”
He said “ignorance,” “poor training,” “complacency” and “turning a wilful blind eye” may have all contributed.
Earlier, Pete Weatherby QC said the attack had been “readily preventable.”
Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the City Room foyer of the Manchester Arena as fans left an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.
