Long answer: probably, with an ‘if’. Short answer: yes, with a ‘but’.
A recently-published report into the terrorism in Britain in the run-up to this year’s general election has found that the Manchester bombing might have been prevented. The review says that MI5 had planned to discuss the potential threat posed by the reported bomber Salman Abedi only a few days after the explosion at the Manchester Arena that killed 23 people.
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Tom lives on the Lancashire coast and is a proud Northerner. His favourite spy is Eddie Chapman a.k.a. Agent Zigzag. He may or may not sleep with a gun under his pillow.
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