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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Manchester bombing victim John Atkinson ‘died without dignity on floor’

Family handout/Arena inquiry

A Manchester Arena bombing victim “died without dignity on the floor”, his family has said after the inquiry concluded he probably would have survived if not for emergency response failings.

Care worker John Atkinson, 28, was six metres away when the explosion went off in the foyer of the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on the evening of 22 May 2017.

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