The government has announced a public inquiry will be held to investigate the deaths of the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said it was “vital that those who survived or lost loved ones” get the answers that they need.
Announcing the inquiry on Tuesday, Patel said the government needed to “learn the lessons, whatever they may be”.
“This process is an important step for those affected as they look to move on from the attack and I know that they want answers as quickly as possible,” she added.
On May 22 2017, Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a suicide vest as
music fans left an
Ariana Grande concert, killing 22 people and injuring 260 more.
The victims were: off-duty
police officer Elaine McIver, 43, Saffie Roussos, 8, Sorrell Leczkowski, 14, Eilidh MacLeod, 14, Nell Jones, 14, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15, Megan Hurley, 15, Georgina Callander, 18, Chloe Rutherford,17, Liam Curry, 19, Courtney Boyle, 19, Philip Tron, 32, John Atkinson, 26, Martyn Hett, 29, Kelly Brewster, 32, Angelika Klis, 39, Marcin Klis, 42, Michelle Kiss, 45, Alison Howe, 45, Lisa Lees, 43, Wendy Fawell, 50 and Jane Tweddle, 51.
The inquiry will be chaired by the Honourable Sir John Saunders, a retired High Court judge
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