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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

Manchester Arena attack inquiry: Failings, family reaction and 'unreserved' apologies - key points from volume II

A highly-critical report into the response of the emergency services in the immediate aftermath of the Manchester Arena terror attack has been published.

One of the 22 victims who died following the explosion on May 22, 2017, could have been saved if not for the 'inadequate' response of police, paramedics and fire crews, the second volume of the public inquiry concluded.

In a brutal assessment of how dying victims were treated, inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders said one of the victims- John Atkinson, 28 - could have survived if he received better treatment.

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