Hearings over the deaths of 22 people in the Manchester bombing are likely to be held partly in secret because the government has refused to publish intelligence material.
Sir John Saunders, the coroner, said that inquests for the victims could not go ahead because even the gist of the information would pose a threat to national security. He issued his ruling yesterday after granting an application by Priti Patel, the home secretary, to exclude crucial intelligence material.
The 22 concertgoers were murderedwhen Salman Abedi, 22, walked into crowds filtering out of an Ariana Grande show at Manchester Arena and set off a suicide bomb in May 2017. His youngest victim was eight.
Abedi was known to the police and security services and had traveled…
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