In a televised address he said that foreign intelligence warning of an impending attack had not been passed to him.

The government admission that a foreign intelligence warning of an imminent attack was ignored has enraged the public, some still searching for loved ones, others burying their dead.

Others said that intelligence warnings in the preceding weeks had not been acted upon.

Prior to the battle commencing, the garrison had received intelligence warning them of the attack.

It directs federal agencies to share cyber threat intelligence warnings to any private sector entity identified as a target.