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Emergency response to Manchester Arena terror attack was 'almost faultless', senior officer claims

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The response from the emergency services on the night of the Manchester Arena terror attack was 'almost faultless', a senior officer told the public inquiry into the atrocity.

Dale Sexton, GMP's force duty officer when the bomb went off, took charge of police response to the outrage in the first few hours after suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a huge improvised device in his backpack, killing 22 and injuring hundreds more, following an Ariana Grande concert at the Arena in May 2017.

Then an inspector based in a control room, he dispatched firearms officers to the scene and declared Operation Plato, the pre-planned strategy invoked when there are fears of

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