Manchester Arena inquiry: First aiders ‘not appropriately qualified’

(BBC) Many of the first aiders working on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing did not have the appropriate qualifications, an inquiry has heard.

Emergency Training UK (ETUK) had been contracted to provide medical services at the time for arena operator SMG.

Since hearing the evidence during the inquiry into the attack, arena general manager James Allen said he now had concerns over the level of training.

Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds injured in the attack in 2017.

The men, women and children died when Salman Abedi detonated an explosive in the City Room foyer as crowds left an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May.

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