(BBC) The Manchester Arena suicide bomber made three scouting trips before detonating a device that killed 22 people, an inquiry has heard. The hearing was shown CCTV footage of the visits in the days before the attack in the City Room foyer […]
(BBC) A security supervisor saw a suspicious man carrying a “bulging rucksack” four days before a suicide bombing, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard. Ex-police officer Jonathan Lavery said he thought the man may have been carrying out “hostile reconnaissance.” He was […]
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(BBC) The elder brother of the Manchester Arena suicide bomber has refused to say why he is not co-operating with the public inquiry into the atrocity. The inquiry has heard that Ismail Abedi has declined to answer questions in case he incriminates […]
(BBC) Four risk assessments carried out prior to [the] Manchester Arena attack “failed to adequately assess” the terror threat at the venue, an inquiry has heard. Security expert Colonel Richard Latham said the risk of a suicide bombing at a venue like […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena suicide bomber was missed by seconds by a police patrol, the inquiry into the bombing heard. Salman Abedi, dressed in black and bent over by the weight of the home-made bomb in a large rucksack, later made his […]
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(BBC) The brothers who carried out the Manchester Arena attack “did not act alone” and others who knew about it are still “at large,” an inquiry has heard. Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb […]
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(BBC) Bereaved families whose loved ones were killed in the Manchester Arena attack have shared their heartache as the inquiry heads into its second week. The father of Martyn Hett was the first to present a “pen portrait” of his son, whose […]
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(BBC) The public inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack has begun. The hearing comes more than three years after Salman Abedi set off a bomb as people left a concert on 22 May 2017, killing himself and 22 others. It was […]
(BBC) Families of those who died in the Manchester Arena attack have given emotional statements to a court where the bomber’s brother is awaiting sentencing. Over the course of a two-day sentencing hearing, relatives broke down in tears as they spoke about […]
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(BBC) The families of 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena bombing have opposed moves to allow a senior MI5 officer to give evidence behind a screen at the public inquiry into the terror attack. Government lawyers want the security service member […]
(BBC) Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was seen acting suspiciously and was reported to a steward before he detonated his device, it has emerged. A member of the public raised concerns about Abedi before the bomb went off and killed 22 people […]
(BBC) A group of Manchester Arena terror attack survivors will appeal against a ruling to not give them legal counsel at a public inquiry into the bombing. In April, chairman Sir John Saunders denied the group “core participant” status at the hearing, […]
(BBC) Manchester Arena bombing survivors have lost their bid to be represented at a public inquiry into the 2017 bombing. In April, chairman Sir John Saunders denied survivors of the blast “core participant” status in the hearing. The group took legal action […]
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(BBC) Survivors of the Manchester Arena attack are taking legal action after losing their bid to be represented at the public inquiry into the bombing. More than 40 people who were injured in the 2017 attack are calling for the decision to […]
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(BBC) The arena bombing was “forever etched in our minds,” the dean of Manchester said as he led a live-streamed memorial service to mark the third anniversary of the attack. Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds injured in the suicide bombing at […]
(BBC) A man has been charged with fraud in relation to chemical purchases by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber. The charges follow inquiries under Operation Manteline, the police investigation into the May 2017 attack. Yahya Werfalli, 25, of Cheetham Hill, […]
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(BBC) The sentencing of Hashem Abedi, who was found guilty of murdering the 22 people who died in the Manchester Arena bombing, has been postponed. The brother of bomber Salman Abedi had been due to be sentenced on 23 and 24 April […]
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(BBC) When Hashem Abedi was found guilty of planning the Manchester Arena bombing with his brother Salman, he became the latest home-grown terrorist to be convicted in a UK court. But he was also the product of a small area dubbed a […]
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(BBC) The DNA of a man accused of plotting the Manchester Arena attack was found on items in a car used for storage ahead of the blast, a court heard. Three drums, used to store packs of nails, were found in the […]
(BBC) Hashem Abedi’s fingerprints were on packs of nails in a car allegedly used to store a bomb-making kit linked to the Manchester blast, a court has heard. The 22-year-old is accused of helping his brother Salman plan the Arena attack in […]
(BBC) The fingerprints of Hashem Abedi were discovered on a tin can that has been linked to the Manchester Arena bomb, a court has heard. The discovery was made after police found various crushed-up metal tins in the garden of the Abedi […]
(BBC) An internet video showing how to make a homemade bomb with the same explosives used in the Manchester Arena bombing has been shown to a jury. The 13-minute film shows a man wearing a balaclava with a gun holster on his […]
(BBC) A mock-up of the suicide bomb used by Salman Abedi in the Manchester Arena attack has been shown to jurors. Abedi used a detonator which was inserted into a paint tin containing the highly-explosive homemade substance TATP, the court heard. Hashem […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber left a note to his landlord apologising for “any mess” he made, a court has heard. Jurors were shown a scribbled apology written by Salman Abedi before he carried out the fatal blast, killing 22 people and […]
(BBC) Footage of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi seconds before he blew himself up has been shown to jurors. The CCTV pictures showed him standing amid crowds of men, women and children 19 seconds before the fatal blast on 22 May 2017. […]
(ITV) The director general of MI5 has called on tech companies to create methods which would allow the security services to access the secret, encrypted messages of people suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in the UK. Speaking to ITV, Sir Andrew Parker […]
(BBC) Footage of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi watching music fans arrive for a Take That gig days before his attack has been shown to a jury. Abedi can be seen looking at box office queues, just yards from the spot where, […]
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