Manchester bombing: Police officers who went for kebab on night of terror attack given final warnings A watchdog also recommends British Transport Police apologises to the families of the victims for the shortcomings in the policing operation on the night.

(Sky News) Two police officers who took a two-hour break to get kebabs on the night of the Manchester Arena terror attack have been given final written warnings.

The inquiry into the atrocity had heard suicide bomber Salman Abedi may have been challenged if a British Transport Police (BTP) officer had been present.

It heard none of the BTP officers responsible for patrolling the venue were in the arena’s foyer at the time of the attack — despite instructions one should be positioned there at the end of the concert.

The May 2017 explosion killed 22 people and injured hundreds more as mainly young concert-goers left the Ariana Grande gig.

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