(BBC) Armed officers were sent to hospitals in the wake of the Manchester bombing amid fears there could be attacks at the wards where the injured were being sent, an inquiry has heard.
Supt Mark Dexter said his “spine went cold” when he heard reports of shots being fired at Oldham Hospital.
Officers were deployed following fears of a “multi-sited” attack, he told the inquiry into the 2017 atrocity.
The reports eventually proved to be false, the hearing was told.
Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017.
