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Public inquiry told of bullying culture within fire service at time of Manchester Arena bombing
Firefighters turned their backs on management because they weren t getting answers over two-hour deployment delay, inquiry told
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The Arena inquiry has heard a claim that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service management were arrogant and focused on their own careers (Image: Manchester Evening News.)
Claims of a bullying culture within the fire service at the time of the Manchester Arena concert bombing emerged this week at the ongoing public inquiry into the atrocity.
The allegations were referenced as firefighters on the ground on the night had their say for the first time through giving evidence.
Jailed terrorist suspected of radicalising Salman Abedi loses key battle in Arena bombing inquiry legal war
Abdalraouf Abdallah is refusing to attend, arguing he is unfit to give evidence because of his fragile mental state
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Abdalraouf Abdallah (Image: Greater Manchester Police/PA Wire)
A jailed terrorist recruiter suspected of radicalising Salman Abedi may yet be forced to give evidence to the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing after he lost a key legal battle.
Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, from Moss Side, is refusing to attend, arguing he is unfit to give evidence because of his fragile mental state and that he has no confidence that the inquiry would treat him fairly.
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