{"id":333879,"date":"2017-11-07T04:35:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T03:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/mi5-missed-chance-to-stop-manchester-suicide-bomber-salman-abedi-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2017-11-07T04:35:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T03:35:33","slug":"mi5-missed-chance-to-stop-manchester-suicide-bomber-salman-abedi-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/mi5-missed-chance-to-stop-manchester-suicide-bomber-salman-abedi-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"MI5 missed chance to stop Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>        Intelligence services failed to act on tip-offs suggesting that the Manchester Arena suicide bomber should be put under surveillance as a \u201chigh priority target.\u201d MI5 was reportedly told of Salman Abedi\u2019s \u201csuspicious behavior\u201d prior to the deadly attack.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MI5 received at least two pieces of intelligence suggesting that Abedi posed a security threat, according to the Sunday Times. The discovery is part of an internal review commissioned by MI5 Director General Andrew Parker and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, which examined intelligence that was obtained in advance of the attacks at the Manchester Arena in May, and London Bridge in June.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-edge\/391004-theresa-may-terrorist-attacks-election\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.06\/thumbnail\/593577ecc361880a468b4567.jpg\" alt=\" Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May \u00a9 Hannah McKay\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the paper, the review has sparked concerns among the intelligence community that the service could have stopped the attack, which killed 22 and was the deadliest since the 7\/7 London bombings in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere were a few calls made regarding several bits of intelligence which, if judged differently at the time, would have turned Abedi into a high-priority case,\u201d<\/em> said an intelligence source quoted by the Sunday Times.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd when a target is judged a high priority, you should place them under surveillance. The greater the threat, the more resources you deploy for surveillance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The report, understood to have been handed to Home Secretary Amber Rudd last week, is thought to have focussed on intelligence sent to an MI5 regional office ahead of the Arena attack.<\/p>\n<p>The intelligence was not considered to be of high significance at the time, but a reassessment of the papers shows there was enough to justify raising an alarm about Abedi. Parker now risks being dismissed over his agency\u2019s handling of the attack.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N1iiBuAmQGA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has released details of its investigation into the attack. It found that 79 of the 175 children who were in the Arena foyer when the bomb exploded were injured in the blast.<\/p>\n<p>The blast directly impacted 512 people either through<em> \u201cinjury or profound trauma,\u201d<\/em> according to GMP Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/391077-terror-threat-guantanamo-police\/\">READ MORE: Terrorist threat now \u2018completely different,\u2019 new strategy needed \u2013 police chief<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It also emerged on Monday that the most seriously injured people had to wait for more than an hour to get expert medical support.<\/p>\n<p>Only three paramedics made it to the cordoned-off foyer area at the center of the blast, the BBC were told.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the brother of one of the Manchester attack victims has said he is being trolled by far-right fanatics over his opposition to using Abedi as a pretext for stopping immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Far-right users told Dan Hett, the brother of Martyn Hett, that <em>\u201cIslam killed [his] brother],\u201d<\/em> that he was <em>\u201ca disgrace,\u201d and one wished \u201ca terrorist [would] mow you idiots down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/408916-mi5-intelligence-manchester-abedi\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligence services failed to act on tip-offs suggesting that the Manchester Arena suicide bomber should be put under surveillance as a \u201chigh priority target.\u201d MI5 was reportedly told of Salman Abedi\u2019s \u201csuspicious behavior\u201d prior to the deadly attack. 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