Manchester Arena inquiry: Police chief ‘prioritised identifying bomber’

(BBC) One of the first police chiefs to arrive at the scene of the Manchester Arena attack has told a public inquiry she could have done more to bring emergency service commanders together.

Former British Transport Police (BTP) Ch Insp Andrea Graham was in charge of officers for about 90 minutes.

The inquiry heard one of her immediate priorities was to identify the bomber Salman Abedi’s body.

Ms Graham said on reflection she should have set up a forward command point.

This would have been a fixed location where senior officers from different agencies could gather to form a coordinated response.

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