The threat level was raised to “critical” in May 2017 after the Manchester Arena bombing A FIREARMS officer tasked with eliminating any further terrorist threat in the moments after the Manchester Arena bombing said it was the worst feeling not being able to help casualties. Pc Lee Moore and his colleague, Pc James Simkin, were the first armed officers to arrive at the Arena complex on the night of May 22 2017 and then enter the City Room foyer where less than 15 minutes earlier Salman Abedi had blown himself up and murdered 22 people and injured hundreds. The pair conducted a quick raw visual check to exclude the possibility of a gunman in the room, following reports of shooting, or any signs of a secondary device.
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image captionPC Lee Moore was one of the first armed officers on the scene
A firearms officer tasked with eliminating any further terrorist threat after the Manchester Arena blast said it was the worst feeling not being able to help casualties.
PC Lee Moore and PC James Simkin were the first armed officers to arrive at the venue on the night of bombing.
The pair entered the foyer area less than 15 minutes after the explosion.
PC Moore told the inquiry into the attack that the events of that night will last with me forever .
Twenty-two people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.
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