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British intelligence missed a chance to stop the 2017 Ariana Grande concert attack

An official inquiry found that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, didn't act quickly enough on information that provided an opportunity to prevent the attack.
Messages and floral tributes are seen in Albert Square in Manchester, northwest England on May 23, 2017, in solidarity with those killed and injured in the May 22 terror attack at the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. Twenty two people were killed and dozens injured in Britain's deadliest terror attack in over a decade, which officials now say could have been prevented.

Britain's domestic intelligence agency didn't act quickly enough on information that could have helped prevent a 2017 suicide bombing that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert, an inquiry found Thursday.

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