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More than 250 survivors of the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England are taking legal action against Britain's domestic intelligence agency, lawyers said. Lawyers from three law firms said Sunday they have submitted a group claim on behalf of more than 250 clients to the U.K.'s investigatory powers tribunal. They said they could not provide further details because it was an ongoing legal matter. Suicide bomber Salman Abedi set up a knapsack bomb in Manchester Arena, in northwestern England, at the end of Grande's concert on May 22, 2017, as thousands of young fans were leaving. More than 100 people were injured, many of them children and teenagers. Abedi died in the explosion. An official inquiry reported last year that Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, didn't act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the bombing, the deadliest extremist attack in the U.K. in recent ...
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing of an Ariane Grande concert in Manchester
The shock and panic from the blast led to more chaos as parents were separated from their children
Blast at Manchester Arena following pop concert by singer Grande killed 19 persons, 59 were injured
Terror attack at Manchester Arena is just the latest in a long list of terror attacks on Britain
Social media sites were filled with emotional pleas as relatives looked for missing persons
According to police, the blast has left 19 dead and is being treated as a terrorist attack