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Manchester Arena Incident

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downsized Tue 23-May-17 06:03:16

Appalling news to wake up to. Thoughts are with the victims, their families and the rescue services who have to deal with this tragedy. sad

Lillie Tue 23-May-17 06:00:07

Tragic.

chelseababy Tue 23-May-17 03:34:23

Just hearing it might have been a suicide bomber.

WilmaKnickersfit Tue 23-May-17 01:44:15

Ginny it was an Ariana Grande concert, do lots of children were there. Children under 14 were supposed to be accompanied, but it sounds like many were not.

Ginny42 Tue 23-May-17 01:40:35

ITV news saying police treating it as a terrorist attack at this stage.

Ginny42 Tue 23-May-17 01:37:39

I was puzzled by how many children were there.

Ginny42 Tue 23-May-17 01:36:11

Was just checking the news before turning in and couldn't believe the breaking news. It makes other news I've been obsessing about for days seem very unimportant indeed. Such a tragic loss of life on what should have been a fun evening out.

WilmaKnickersfit Tue 23-May-17 01:30:32

Police confirmed the first incident took place outside the venue near the foyer.

A lot of people saying too many children were unaccompanied.

Dreadful.

WilmaKnickersfit Tue 23-May-17 01:26:12

The police are about to carry out a controlled explosion on a suspect package.

callgirl1 Tue 23-May-17 01:24:28

We come from the Greater Manchester area, have lots of relatives there, just hope none of them were at the concert.

WilmaKnickersfit Tue 23-May-17 01:16:46

Yes, a girl on R5 said there were two explosions.

callgirl1 Tue 23-May-17 01:15:46

It`s terrible, they say 19 dead and over 50 injured.

WilmaKnickersfit Tue 23-May-17 01:06:01

Is anyone else watching or listening to the news? This sounds bad.