Security Should Have Confronted Manchester Bomber: Inquiry

The attack, as concert-goers were leaving the show, was perpetrated by 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent.

Security teams at Britain's Manchester Arena "should have prevented or minimised" the impact of the 2017 terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people, a public inquiry found Thursday. The attack, as concert-goers were leaving the show, was perpetrated by 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent. In a report examining security measures at the venue in northwest England, inquiry chairman John Saunders said Arena operator SMG, security provider Showsec and British Transport Police all missed opportunities to either prevent or mitigate the attack, which took place on May 22, 2017. "The security arrangements for the Manchester Arena should have prevented or minimised the devastating impact of the attack," he wrote.