(BBC) A police chief told the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena attack he deliberately broke policy on the night of the 2017 bombing “to save lives.”
Ch Insp Dale Sexton from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was the force duty officer in the control room.
He said he declared Operation Plato, a pre-arranged plan for a suspected marauding armed terrorist, within minutes of the bomb being detonated.
But he decided not to alert the fire and ambulance services.
‘Calculated risk’
He said he went against national guidelines by keeping the decision secret because he knew the rules meant the area would be declared a “hot zone.”
