![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/manchester-arena-attack-was-preventable-ex-cop-claims-ahead-of-report/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/file-photo-dated-22-05-571516844-1.jpg&description=THE Manchester Area attack "was preventable" but there was a perfect storm of failures, an ex-cop has claimed. A damning report into the bombing is due to be released today, and is said to highlight the failings of emergency services on that horrific day in May 2017. A former cop has said the Manchester Arena attack 'was preventable'Credit: PA A report on the bombing, which killed 22 people, is being released todayCredit: PA The terror attack, which unfolded during an Ariana Grande concert, killed 22 people and injured hundreds. The youngest victim to lose their life was an eight-year-old girl. But, it took paramedics 43 minutes to reach the scene and firefighters who were stationed just three miles away did not arrive until after the last seriously injured victim had been rushed to hospital. Police also had wrongly reported the crime as a marauding gun incident. Speaking ahead of today's report being released, retired counter terrorism police inspector Andrea Bradbury said emergency services were "unprepared and totally caught off guard" by the bombing. Andrea herself was injured when Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a suicide bomb at the end of the concert. She said she knew it was an explosive device and phoned the on-call counter-terrorism officer. But the response was filled with delays, miscommunications and inaccurate information that the incident was ongoing. Andrea told The Times: "People were left in the time of need. "It was so wrong, especially when experienced officers who did go in were demanding assistance and firearms teams had secured the building. "It was horrific, but what has always frustrated and angered me is the fact that it was preventable in the first place — and after it did happen, people were so badly let down by the police and the emergency services." Ambulance services bosses were said to be concerned about the risk of a secondary explosive device and, as a result, held back support despite armed police establishing that there was no furthe){kind=link}
THE Manchester Area attack “was preventable” but there was a perfect storm of failures, an ex-cop has claimed.
A damning report into the bombing is due to be released today, and is said to highlight the failings of emergency services on that horrific day in May 2017.
The terror attack, which unfolded during an Ariana Grande concert, killed 22 people and injured hundreds.
The youngest victim to lose their life was an eight-year-old girl.
But, it took paramedics 43 minutes to reach the scene and firefighters who were stationed just three miles away did not arrive until after the last seriously injured victim had been rushed to hospital.