The head of Britain's security services said on Thursday he was profoundly sorry his spies had missed a 'significant' opportunity to prevent a deadly 2017 suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande pop concert in Manchester.
Ken McCallum, MI5's Director General, said he was "profoundly sorry" that his service had not prevented the attack.
Saunders told a media conference there had been a "significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack." He said he was unable to give details because of national security concerns, admitting this might leave victims' families wanting to know more.Richard Scorer, a lawyer for 11 bereaved families, said Saunders' report had exposed "unacceptable" failures.
The bomber, 22-year-old Salman Abedi, had been known to the security agency since 2014, had visited an influential jailed militant in prison, and should have been referred to a de-radicalisation programme, Saunders said. The brothers were born to Libyan parents who emigrated to Britain during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi,
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