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'Staggering' that senior GMP officers weren't sent to scene of Manchester Arena bombing, expert tells public inquiry

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Eleven senior officers went to Greater Manchester Police's headquarters in the immediate aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing, but it 'didn't occur to anyone' there to send one to the scene to 'get a grip of the situation', an expert told the public inquiry into the atrocity.

The inquiry heard on Thursday experts have identified 'significant' command failures on the part of British Transport Police on the night, although they said frontline officers showed 'exemplary' conduct after the explosion.

Inspector Michael Smith, GMP's 'bronze' commander at the scene, was in the City Room blast zone 17 minutes after the bomb detonated at 10.31pm. READ MORE:Shots

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