MI5's "institutional defensiveness" criticized

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Manchester Arena bomb: MI5 showed 'institutional defensiveness'

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MI5 showed "institutional defensiveness rather than candour" after Arena bomb, tribunal told.

22 people died and hundreds were injured when Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device.

More than 250 people are suing MI5 , MI6 and GCHQ at an Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London .

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