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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
John Scheerhout & Helena Vesty

All GMP firearms police wear bodycams in case of another terror attack, inquiry hears

All Greater Manchester Police (GMP) firearms officers now wear bodycams in case of another terror attacks, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard.

The long-running inquiry into the bombing has resumed today (June 5) - firstly with a minute's silence for those who lost their lives. It continued with emergency service bosses facing questions about what progress they have made to ensure the same mistakes are never made again.

The inquiry has found a series of failings in three damning reports in the wake of the May 2017 terror attack. Suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed himself and 22 innocents when he detonated a huge improvised device in his backpack as concert-goers were leaving an Ariana Grande concert.

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