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Manchester Arena Inquiry: GMP was warned key role in dealing with a terror attack 'risked being overwhelmed'

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direct to your inboxThe police watchdog warned GMP a key post in dealing with any terror attack could be 'overwhelmed' with work in the event of any terror attack just a few months before the Arena atrocity.It also outlined concerns over how prepared unarmed officers and control staff were if there was a marauding terror attack in the city.The fears were said to have been reported to an assistant chief constable of the force on November 3, 2016, following a week-long inspection of GMP's readiness for any terror attack.An independent inquiry into the attack heard that force duty officers across the country reported feeling 'ill-equipped' to deal with a mass terror strike and one told the police watchdog: "I get two days on how to command a.

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