Police had intel on Manchester Arena bomber years before attack, inquiry told (LINK ONLY)
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(BBC) The second of two men arrested in Manchester as part of the investigation into the Texas synagogue siege has been released without charge. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead after a standoff with police on 15 […]
(BBC) One of two men arrested in Manchester as part of the investigation into the Texas synagogue siege has been released without charge, police have said. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead after a standoff with police […]
(BBC) Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into an attack on a Texas synagogue which saw a gunman take four people hostage. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn in Lancashire, was shot dead by the FBI after a […]
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(NY Times) The F.B.I. is treating the attack on a suburban Fort Worth synagogue on Saturday as “an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community,” Christopher A. Wray, the bureau’s director, said on Thursday. “This was not some random occurrence,” Mr. Wray […]
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(AP) The gunman who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death was checked against law enforcement databases before entering the U.S. but raised no red flags, the White House said Tuesday. Malik […]
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(BBC) Over the past year, the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing has heard heart-breaking accounts from the victims’ families and those who survived, while uncovering security failings and missed opportunities. It has also highlighted the heroic efforts of the people […]
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(BBC) The Manchester Arena bomber’s former head teacher has told an inquiry there was no sign of his extremism while he was at school. Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb in the venue’s foyer on 22 May 2017. […]
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(BBC) The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack has said that the response to the bombing was “shameful” and “inadequate.” Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, was among 22 people killed in the 2017 bombing. Her dad Andrew Roussos told the […]
(BBC) A convicted terrorist has admitted he was in the same Libyan militia group as the Manchester Arena bomber’s father. Abdalraouf Abdallah, a friend of Salman Abedi, was brought from HMP Wakefield to give evidence at the Manchester Arena inquiry into the […]
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(BBC) The man who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital has been named by police as Emad Al Swealmeen. The 32-year-old was a passenger in a taxi when his device blew up shortly before 11:00 GMT on Remembrance […]
(BBC) The UK terror threat level has been raised to “severe” after an explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Taxi driver David Perry survived the blast but his passenger was killed when a homemade bomb exploded shortly before 11:00 GMT on Remembrance Sunday. […]
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(BBC) Families of those killed in the Manchester Arena bombing have told MI5 “please don’t let us down” as inquiry evidence starts to be heard in private. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be […]
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(BBC) The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry has been adjourned for three weeks of secret hearings. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be present, will start next week at an undisclosed location. Bereaved families, their […]
(BBC) Messages between the Manchester Arena bomber and an Islamic State recruiter were held by police for years, but the killer was not identified until months after the attack, an inquiry has heard. The inquiry into the atrocity was told the texts […]
(BBC) The authorities would have been led to “the bomb” if they had followed the Manchester Arena attacker on his return from Libya, an inquiry has heard. Giving evidence, a senior MI5 officer agreed if Salman Abedi had been trailed when he […]
(BBC) The parents of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi are still living in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where they are under surveillance by Libyan authorities, the BBC has confirmed. A Libyan security source said there is no evidence against the parents. But […]
(BBC) The decision not to question the Manchester Arena bomber after he returned to the UK from Libya four days before the attack was a mistake, a senior MI5 officer has conceded. The officer, referred to as Witness J, told the Manchester […]
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(BBC) A man whose British citizenship was removed due to alleged links to the Manchester Arena bombing has had it returned to him by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the BBC can reveal. The man’s citizenship was removed in the aftermath of the […]
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(BBC) The government is facing a difficult dilemma over its controversial counter-extremism programme called Prevent. News that the suspect held in custody over the killing of MP Sir David Amess had earlier been referred to this scheme has reinforced calls for it […]
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(BBC) The government’s Prevent scheme — which aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting them — needs urgent work, the former justice secretary has said. Robert Buckland said there needs to be more of a “joined up” approach to monitor individuals. […]
(BBC) The man arrested by police following the killing of the MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali. The 25-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him. Whitehall officials confirmed […]
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(BBC) The families of the Manchester Arena attack victims have been told that any mistakes by police or security services will not be kept secret. A public inquiry, which started in September 2020, will shortly examine whether they could have prevented the […]
(BBC) The security services made “grave breaches of their duty” in failing to stop the Manchester Arena bomber and should face questions from the bereaved families, the attack inquiry has heard. Salman Abedi, 22, killed 22 people when he detonated a device […]
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(BBC) A total of 31 late-stage terror plots have been foiled in the UK in the past four years, the head of MI5 has said. Director general Ken McCallum, who revealed in October there had been 27 attacks thwarted since 2017, said […]
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