Manchester Arena inquiry: Paramedic tells of bomb scene

(BBC) A paramedic first on the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing did not give immediate treatment to casualties, an inquiry into the atrocity has heard.

Patrick Ennis was one of three paramedics to work at the blast scene.

He explained he did not immediately start treating people because it was his job to prepare for a wider major incident response.

Mr Ennis said treating the injured “was not practical” as his training was to assess who was most in need of help.

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.

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