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Schools and colleges attended by Manchester Arena mass murderer Salman Abedi were not at fault in failing to identify he was at risk of radicalisation or of being drawn into terrorism, the third and final report arising from the public inquiry has found.
The inquiry's chairman, Sir John Saunders, said he found no one single institution knew enough about Abedi or his family to 'recognise his descent into violent Islamist extremism'.
But he said it 'raises the question' of whether more could, and should, be done to share information in terms of a child's academic history and went on to make a series of recommendations for educational reform and change.
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Abedi went to Burnage Media Arts College between January 2009 and June 2011 - where he was described as 'a typical lacklustre child that just drifted around'.
He was suspended from the school for stealing a mobile phone, for setting off fireworks and for being 'aggressive and rude' to teachers after an English exam, subjecting staff to a expletive-riddled tirade, the inquiry heard.
But the headteacher at the time, Ian Fenn, himself a convert to Islam, said there was no indication Abedi 'personally expressed extremism' during his time at the school - and 'nothing at all' was picked up to suggest the Abedi family had 'extreme or radical views'.
Sir John said: "Salman Abedi did not engage in any behaviour that stood out as being unusually bad, although Ian Fenn did recall one occasion when Abedi stole another pupil’s mobile phone and was struck by his complete lack of remorse when confronted about the theft.
"There was another occasion when Abedi was aggressive and rude when
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Twenty-two people died and hundreds were injured when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated an explosive device in the foyer at the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.A 207 page report has found two pieces of information about Abedi were assessed at the time by the security service as not being terrorism-related, but Chairman Sir John Saunders said, having heard from MI5 witnesses at the recent hearings, he considered that did not present an “accurate picture”, reports BBC News.One officer admitted they considered a possible pressing national security concern on one of the pieces of intelligence but did not discuss it with colleagues straightaway and did not write up a report that same day.As a result of this, Sir John said: “The delay in providing the report led to the missing of an opportunity to take a potentially important investigative action. Based on everything the security service knew or should have known, I am satisfied that such an investigative action would have been a proportionate and justified step to take.
Security service MI5 today said sorry for not preventing the Manchester Arena terror bombing after a report found opportunities were missed.
There was 'a significant missed opportunity to take action' on the part of MI5 that might have prevented the murders of 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing, the third and final report of the public inquiry into the atrocity has found.
The wider family of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi ‘holds significant responsibility’ for his radicalisation while Manchester-based Islamic State ‘poster boys’ also encouraged him, the public inquiry into the atrocity has concluded.
The third and final report from the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb attack has been published.
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