Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomb scene needed more paramedics — expert

(BBC) Critically injured casualties of the Manchester bombing would have been treated and moved more quickly if more specialist paramedics were sent to the scene, an expert has said.

Only three paramedics were sent into the venue’s foyer area where the bomb exploded, an inquiry heard.

Ambulance expert Christian Cooper said it was “not sufficient.”

He also said North West Ambulance Service should have made a specific attendance plan for a terrorist attack.

Twenty-two people died and hundreds more were injured when bomber Salman Abedi detonated a device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.

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