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May have been prevented. well, m15 say they ve since put in place over 100 improvements to the way they work. but that, i m afraid, is little comfort to those who ve lost loved ones in this hideous attack. frank, thank you. the inquiry has lasted two and a half years and called hundreds of witnesses. previous reports found failings in both the security at the venue and the response from the emergency services. our home editor mark eastonjoins me. now, it s been a long and gruelling process for the families. at the start of each of these three thick volumes of the arena inquiry report is a list of names, of the 22 who died. the inquiry chairman sir john saunders describes them as irreplaceable, unique people, who lit up the lives of those around them, through the words of those who love them he said through pictures of them, some of their happiest ....
There was a realistic possibility that actionable intelligence could have been obtained which might have let to action preventing the attack. the reason for this missed opportunity included a failure by the security service, in my view, to act swiftly enough. abedi set off his suicide bomb in the foyer at the end of an ariana grande concert. parents were waiting for their children. the youngest to die we just eight years old. liam curry and his girlfriend chloe rutherford were teenage sweethearts. for their parents, and all the families still reeling from loss, the report s findings are hard to take. all we, as families, have asked for from day one is the truth. acknowledgement of failures. hopefully next time there won t be as many families going through the utter heartbreak we have had to endure for the last ....
Five years, nine months, one week and one day. forgiveness will never be an option for such evil intentions, and those that played any part in the murder of our children will never ever get forgiveness, from top to bottom. m15 to the associates of the attacker. we will always believe that you all played a part in the murder of our children. tonight, the director general of m15 apologised, but would not take questions from journalists. m15 exists to stop atrocities. to all those whose lives were forever changed on that awful night, i am so sorry that m15 did not prevent the attack at the manchester arena. this is didsbury mosque, where the abedis worshipped. the report found that leaders here were wilfully blind to extremist activity ....
And we did not turn a blind eye. the report found that salman abedi s father holds significant responsibility for radicalising his sons. ismail, bbc news, can i ask you a few questions please? and there was heavy criticism of the eldest abedi brother, ismail. i tracked him down in manchester in 2020, but then he fled the country, in defiance of a court order to appear at the inquiry. the report found that m15 and counter terrorism police each failed to share intelligence. that is something that both organisations say has improved since, allowing our cameras inside theirjoint operation centre, to illustrate the way they work together. this is the first time that journalists have been allowed inside this building, and the obviously tight security prevents us from filming much of what goes on here, but this place is being held up as an example of positive change. it was built in direct response to the manchester arena bombing and the other terror attacks which happened that year. ....