ShowSec Security ignore Dawn Waddy's warning about suspicious foreign woman at Manchester Arena bomb

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Channel: Public Enquiry · 2017 · News & Politics

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ShowSec Security and operators SMG Events both ignore Dawn Waddy's warning of a suspicious foreign woman 'fiddling with bag, 'looking toward where bomb went off' 'smirking' 'not interested in concert' before the Manchester Arena bomb

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/manchester-arena-security-ariana-grande-fans-explosion-suicide-bombing-evacuation-procedure-a7750631.html

Eyewitness Dawn Waddy sat next to suspicious foreign woman before Manchester Arena bombing

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Dawn Waddy twice reported the woman to security after she sat on her own looking in the direction of where the explosion later happened.
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Ms Waddy, who was at Monday night's concert with her daughter Holly and a friend, said her friend first became concerned about the woman's behaviour.
She told Sky News: 'I got suspicious myself and my friend, who was sat next to her told me; "I don't like this".
'She was fidgeting with her zips and had her hands in her jacket and it put you on edge.
'I told security and they informed a high security. They were up and down the stairs where she sat discreetly looking at her.'
Ms Waddy said the woman became more agitated during the evening and left shortly before the bomb went off.
Investigators fear bomber Abedi may have been part of a network of extremists and police and security services are examining whether the group have another bomb.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4544464/Was-Manchester-bomber-s-accomplice-concert-crowd.html

Dawn, who came to the gig with her daughter, told Sky News: “We sat down in our seats. We had somebody sat next to us who looked very suspicious – she was fidgeting all the time with a bag on the floor, she was by herself.

“She was looking in the direction of where the explosion actually happened all night and smirking to herself.

“I got suspicious myself and my friend who was actually sat next to her said to me, ‘I don’t like this’.”

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