Manchester Arena security continually reviewed after bomb, inquiry hears

(BBC) Security improvements have been made at Manchester Arena since the terror attack nearly five years ago and are “continually reviewed,” a public inquiry has heard.

Arena operators SMG and security firm Showsec were criticised in the first report published by the inquiry.

It said bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat.

SMG’s security director, Gary Simpson, told the inquiry the venue would “never be complacent” about public safety.

Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more were injured when Abedi detonated a homemade device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.

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