Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Multiple chances’ to prevent atrocity

(BBC) Families of the 22 people killed in the Manchester attack have told the inquiry into the atrocity there were “multiple opportunities” to prevent it.

The inquiry also heard claims Salman and Hashem Abedi must have been knowingly helped by others to plan and prepare the 2017 suicide attack.

Lawyers for the families of the victims have been making closing statements about the radicalisation of the pair.

They also gave statements about the actions of the security services.

Pete Weatherby QC, who represents seven families, told the inquiry how bomber Salman Abedi was not a “lone actor who emerged from nowhere to commit an atrocity.”

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