A York couple who were killed in the Manchester Arena bombing died with their arms around one another, a public inquiry into the tragedy has heard.
Angelika and Marcin Klis had been waiting for their daughters in the arena foyer when the bomb went off.
CCTV footage had captured them holding one another moments before the blast, the inquiry heard.
The hearing in Manchester has been told of the final movements of all 22 victims of the attack.
Counsel to the inquiry Paul Greaney QC said the details would be “difficult to hear and difficult to deliver”, as he warned those watching it may be distressing.
Relatives of some of the victims wiped away tears in the hearing room at Manchester Magistrates’ Court, while other families watched proceedings from a nearby annexe.
Photographs of the 22 were displayed as Mr Greaney described their movements at the Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017, where they were when Salman Abedi detonated his bomb in the City Room foyer, the extent of the medical treatment given to their injuries, and their cause of death.
Tesco customer services assistant Angelika Klis, 39, and taxi driver Marcin Klis, 42, from York, were collecting their daughters Alexandra and Patrycia, aged 20 and 14, in the foyer.
The couple, who met and fell in love in their native Poland, were said by their daughters to have “shared a deep bond”, were “very caring” and would plan a family day out every few weeks.
They were “amazing parents, great friends and kind people”, the daughters added.
The couple were captured on CCTV standing with their arms around each other as they waited for the concert to finish, the inquiry was told.
At the time of the explosion they were four metres away from the blast.
Neither showed any signs of life and their bodies were covered with T-shirts and posters, the inquiry heard.
Mr Kliss died of chest injuries and his partner from multiple injuries, which in both cases were said to be unsurvivable.
The inquiry continues.
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