The head of the investigation, Sir John Saunders, also said that there was only a very small chance that 8-year-old Cypriot-born Safi-Rose Roussou would have survived if the authorities’ response had been quicker.
London Thanasis Gavos
At least one of the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack in May 2017 could have been saved if emergency services had not been cut short, a major public inquiry into the handling of the tragedy has found.
The “far below expected” response by police, ambulance and fire services was cited in the report as the reason 28-year-old John Atkinson eventually succumbed to his injuries in Salman Abedi’s suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
The head of the investigation, Sir John Saunders, also said that there was only a very small chance that 8-year-old Cypriot-born Safi-Rose Roussou would have survived if the authorities’ response had been quicker.
However, he stressed that the little girl’s injuries were very severe and therefore it is “extremely likely” that her death would have been “unavoidable” even with the most advanced medical care.
The inquest found that firefighters did not arrive at the scene of the attack until two hours later, only one paramedic entered the building within the first 40 minutes of the deadly blast and Manchester Police did not declare a major incident so there was maximum mobilization despite only after more than two hours.
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