(BBC) A police chief who broke policy on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing “to save lives” said he would do it again if a similar attack happened.
Ch Insp Dale Sexton declared Operation Plato, a pre-arranged terrorist plan, within minutes of the bomb being detonated but did not alert the fire and ambulance services.
He denied that the omission was because he was overwhelmed after the explosion.
“If we had that same situation I would do it again,” he told the inquiry.
Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at about 22:30 BST on 22 May 2017.
