Survivors of 2017 Ariana Grande UK concert bombing take legal action against intelligence agencies

LONDON — More than 250 survived after suicide bomb attack killed 22 people 2017 Ariana Grande Concert Police in Manchester, England, are taking legal action against Britain's domestic intelligence service, lawyers have announced.

Lawyers from three law firms announced on Sunday that they had filed a class action lawsuit with Britain's Investigatory Powers Tribunal on behalf of more than 250 clients. They said they could not provide further details as this is an ongoing legal matter.

On May 22, 2017, suicide bomber Salman Abedi set off a knapsack bomb at the Manchester Arena in northwest England as thousands of young fans were leaving the venue after Grande's concert. More than 100 people were injured, many of them children and teenagers. Abedi died in the explosion.

An official inquiry last year found that Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, failed to act quickly enough on critical information. missed an important opportunity The move is to stop the bombing, Britain's deadliest extremist attack in recent years.

Mr Abedi was a “subject of interest” to MI5 officials in 2014, but the case was quickly closed as the risk was judged to be low.