Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat on the night of the atrocity by those in charge of security, a public inquiry into the 2017 attack has found.
Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders found there were missed opportunities to prevent the "devastating impact".
He said it was likely Abedi would have detonated his device if confronted but "the loss of life and injury is highly likely to have been less".
Twenty-two people died in the bombing.
Hundreds more were injured when Manchester-born Abedi, who was of Libyan descent, walked across the foyer of the arena and detonated the bomb at 22: 31 BST on 22 May 2017.
The public inquiry into the attack started in September 2020 and was set up to explore the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the bombing.
'Fobbed off'
The report, which is the first of three to be published by the inquiry, examines security failures relating to the attack.
It has levelled criticism at British Transport Police (BTP), the arena operators SMG, and their contracted security providers, Showsec.
Sir John said two teenage stewards did not react "as robustly and effectively as they should have" when a member of the public, Christopher Wild, raised his concerns about the bomber.
He said Mr Wild was "fobbed off".
The inquiry chairman called this "the most striking missed opportunity".
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