Deaths, Injuries Confirmed After Explosions Heard at Manchester Concert Featuring Ariana Grande

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Source: NBCnews.com




May 22 2017, 7:04 pm ET


by Alex Johnson and E.D. Cauchi

An unknown number of people were killed and injured after one or more loud bangs were heard Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in England.

Greater Manchester Police said only that there were "a number of confirmed fatalities and injuries" as hundreds of fans fled the arena. Emergency crews rushed to the scene after the possible blasts, which were first reported about 10:40 p.m. (5:40 p.m. ET).




People gather outside Manchester Arena and station in Manchester, England, on Monday night. Peter Bendicho





Ivo Delgado, who was attending the event, told NBC News that the concert had just ended when "I just heard a loud bang." ........................

















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Daily Mail U.K.‏Verified account @DailyMailUK 2m2 minutes ago

Several people killed and many injured after two explosions in Manchester Arena at the end of Ariana Grande gig http://dailym.ai/2rMK9ag
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NBC Nightly News‏Verified account @NBCNightlyNews 2m2 minutes ago

BREAKING on @NBCNightlyNews:

Police: Deaths and injuries after reports of explosion at Manchester Arena in England.


NBC Nightly News‏Verified account @NBCNightlyNews 6m6 minutes ago
Replying to @NBCNightlyNews

BREAKING: Singer Ariana Grande "is OK. We are further investigating what happened," a rep for the singer tells @NBCNightlyNews.

Link to tweet

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-40007886?ns_mchannelsocial&ns_campaignbbc_breaking&ns_sourcetwitter&ns_linknamenews_central

Deaths confirmed after Manchester Arena blast reports

29 minutes ago
From the section Manchester


Media captionConcert goers flee Manchester Arena

Police have confirmed a "number of fatalities" following reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena.

Witnesses reported hearing a "huge bang" following an Ariana Grande gig at Manchester Arena.

Network Rail said train lines out of Manchester Victoria station, which is close to the concert venue, were blocked.

[NobodyHere]

1. Why can't people just get along

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/british-police-says-responding-to-serious-incident-at-venue-where-ariana-grande-performing/ar-BBBpkeK?

[Oneironaut]

39. Because their sky fairy demands blood.

[hunter]

50. Go directly to hell religious terrorists.

Do not pass GO, do not collect $200.

The demons with cholla cactus cocks await you.

[Rustyeye77]

2. Oh no.

I hope it not fundies.

[EL34x4]

54. Who do you hope it is?

[retrowire]

3. oh SHIT

Why?

Just... WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS GAIN ANYONE? YOU MISERABLE FUCKING CRETIN, WHAT DOES THIS REALLY GAIN FOR YOU!???

[riversedge]

6. Reports say they do not know if bomb.

[Glimmer of Hope]

12. What else could it be? Pyrotechnics?

[herding cats]

15. That possible, but the show was over and the house lights were back up.

Which makes it seem less likely.

Per the Guardian live blog: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2017/may/22/manchester-arena-ariana-grande-concert-explosion-england

[Glimmer of Hope]

19. I just read that there was a blast in the foyer. Evil bastards.

[jberryhill]

21. A loud bang followed by a stampede

Absent confirmation of what it was, people can be killed and injured when a crowd panics, regardless of what it was.

[stevil]

37. I'm with you.

Reporting 20+ dead as of 5pm PST. At a concert. Fuck you terrorists.
Cowards.

[Satch59]

4. So sad...

Assuming young girls were majority of audience...

[riversedge]

5. Videopeople feeling

It is a stampede

Link to tweet

[herding cats]

18. Ah, damn. I wonder how many were injured in the panic?

That looked bad.

[riversedge]

7. Police statement

Link to tweet

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Live updates from local newspaper website:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-arena-explosion-evacuated-ariana-13075807#ICID=nsm

[riversedge]

9. Chaos at Victoria Station After Reported Explosion at Manchester Arena -.........video

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Breaking911‏Verified account @Breaking911 21m21 minutes ago

Chaos at Victoria Station After Reported Explosion at Manchester Arena - http://breaking911.com/developing-multiple-explosions-go-off-ariana-grande-concert-uk/ …

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

10. BREAKING NEWS: MULTIPLE FATALITIES AFTER REPORTED EXPLOSION AT ARIANA GRANDE CONCERT IN MANCHESTER.

Steve Kopack follows
Breaking News Alert‏ @PzFeed 19m19 minutes ago

BREAKING NEWS: MULTIPLE FATALITIES AFTER REPORTED EXPLOSION AT ARIANA GRANDE CONCERT IN MANCHESTER.

Link to tweet

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Breaking all over

Looks like a lot of folks were there.

[riversedge]

13. msnbc saying 20 dead, HUNDREDS injured in "serious incident"

[riversedge]

14. tweet saying if looking for your kids. ............

Link to tweet

[vkkv]

16. What the fuck? A Kids concert ?!?! Really?

[forgotmylogin]

79. Grande has a young fanbase as a 23 year-old top-40 recording artist.

She coattails a lot of tween and YA fans from a career as a personality on the Disney channel, though I'm probably sure this wasn't technically categorized as a "kids' concert". A horrible tragedy, nonetheless.

[still_one]

17. 20 dead and hundreds injured, this likely a terrorist attack, and if it is, what these animals

do by those actions is enable the degenerates like trump and associates to move closer to a police state.

Damn them!!!

[jberryhill]

23. Or it was a panic stampede

Like the one at JFK airport a while back.

We don't know yet.

[still_one]

25. It was most likely both. The loud explosion, was a loud explosion

[jberryhill]

29. Yes there are lots of things that can go "bang"

There was a stampede at JFK airport recently after a loud bang which was apparently people celebrating Usain Bolt's Olympic performance.

[oberliner]

47. A suicide bomber detonated a bomb as people were leaving the venue

That's what caused the injuries and deaths.

[jberryhill]

52. Yes that is the current information

[forgotmylogin]

80. Actually I'm surprised it was only 20 dead if there was a mass panic

and the venue was sold out. I'm not trying to silver-line this tragedy, but it could have been so much worse with an arena-sized crowd. I'm sure we'll eventually hear if fatalities were due to the explosion or a stampede situation.

[RhodeIslandOne]

31. ISIL must have been getting antsy

Their death merchant President is close to impeachment, better remind everyone it's time for war!

[nolabear]

20. There's no info on what happened yet. I know it's no better for those injured but I hope

it's a terrible accident. So many little girls.

[still_one]

22. This isn't going to be an accident nolabear

[nolabear]

36. *sigh* Apparently they're coming to that conclusion. The world is going to go berserk.

My heart...

[still_one]

51. nuts

[uppityperson]

24. More live blogging from The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2017/may/22/manchester-arena-ariana-grande-concert-explosion-england

[Cooley Hurd]

26. They just played a clip on MSNBC - sounds like multiple explosions

[steve2470]

27. poignant messages on Twitter of people looking for friends and their children nt

[Warpy]

28. Live updates at BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-manchester-40007967

So far, it happened at the end of the concert as people were leaving, blast seemed to be at the rear of the venue, in the foyer. Some say one blast, some say more than on plus gunfire.

Crowd was a very young one.

[steve2470]

30. Police state Manchester Arena explosion is 'possible terrorist incident'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/22/manchester-arena-evacuated-reports-gunshots-explosion/#update-20170523-0053

[LeftInTX]

44. Very sad

Young teens

[steve2470]

32. BBC says UK police treating deadly blast at Manchester stadium as terrorism incident

Link to tweet

[LonePirate]

33. This was an attack on children as most of her fans are teens and pre-teens.

[riversedge]

34. msnbc saying probable suicide bomber.

[steve2470]

35. US officials briefed on Manchester incident say UK officials suspect it was caused by suicide bomber

BREAKING: US officials briefed on Manchester incident say UK officials suspect it was caused by suicide bomber -NBC

Link to tweet

[steve2470]

38. 19 confirmed dead, "around 50 injured"

Link to tweet

[Ligyron]

40. Her fan base is mostly young girls no?

Wonder why they would be chosen as a target?

[anneboleyn]

41. Low security and unfortunately "easy" target. Lots of kids and young teenagers.

[steve2470]

42. UK police are saying for now, they are saying it's terrorism nt

[7962]

43. Because animals dont care and want the most innocent hurt.

They usually do this.

[RhodeIslandOne]

45. Maximum panic and innocent lives lost

I'm sure they also don't like the way they disrespect his law by not dressing as mandated.

[DashOneBravo]

48. Because it's the most hateful thing they can do.

[Skittles]

49. because they are absolute fucking cowards?

[maxsolomon]

55. the goal of terror is to make the population afraid

to make society shut down; to make people stay indoors, to make people distrust their neighbors.

and in the case of Fundamentalist Sunni terror, to avenge terror/offenses/desecration perpetrated on Muslim cultures by the West. Whether it is Palestine, US Troops in SA being OBL's prime motive for 9/11, allowing Shiites to control the post-Baathist Government in Iraq, or just general discrimination against, or humiliation of Muslims by our decadent morals.

to make you feel like they do.

[inwiththenew]

56. There are some people in this world that are irredeemable and devoid of the things that make us

Human.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

58. It's pretty risque stuff

Targeting "sinners" I suppose.

[RhodeIslandOne]

74. Also an LGBT following

She left the Catholic church over their anti-gay stances.

[Ligyron]

86. Yes, and young girls who do not dress modestly or "properly" in their warped minds

Cowards.

While they do have some legitimate grievances against the west, this type of craven behavior destroys any right they have to address those. I'm sure they would say we kill innocent women and children with our bombs but I doubt it's done intentionally.

Afraid of a stand up fight, they resort to this despicable act.

[forgotmylogin]

81. Any large crowd of people in public is a large target.

Especially at a concert venue where the time and date when there will be a crowd is public knowledge.

[nolabear]

53. #Manchester on Twitter is terrible. So many desperate people looking for kids.

[DashOneBravo]

57. Every parents worst nightmare

I should not have looked.

[nolabear]

60. Sorry...

[DashOneBravo]

68. It's ok. No apologies required

[Yorkist]

59. I daresay...

....this will turn out to be home grown, indoctrinated vermin that's responsible for this.

Just depressing.

[hamsterjill]

61. So heartbreaking.

I was listening to some of the eyewitnesses being interviewed and you can hear the terror in their voices. They will never see the world in the same way again.

My heart goes out to them. There's nothing to be said that can help. Just want them to know we are all thinking of them.

[steve2470]

62. ARIANA GRANDE 'IN HYSTERICS' AFTER TERRORIST BOMBING AT CONCERT

http://www.tmz.com/2017/05/22/ariana-grande-bombing-hysterical-concert-cancelled-london/

Ariana Grande is inconsolable, "in hysterics" after learning at least 19 people were killed at her concert.

Sources in contact with the singer tell TMZ, Ariana is devastated that young people who came for a good time are now lying dead and injured.

We're told her next concert -- Thursday in London at the O2 Arena -- is now up in the air for 2 reasons. It may constitute a safety threat, but also, as one source put it, "She's in no condition to perform."

As we reported, Ariana had just left the stage when a nail bomb exploded in the rotunda area near the front door as people were leaving the concert. Ariana was not hurt.

[obamanut2012]

69. She is just about a kid herself

She's a local girl, and yeah she can be bratty and entitled, but she isn't a bad kid. This is horrible for everyone, including her. I know I would feel such guilt, even though I shouldn't.

Her fans are mainly tweens and teens. This is just awful.

[Mosby]

71. Local girl?

She's from Florida.

[Skittles]

77. perhaps Obamanut2012 is also from Florida

[forgotmylogin]

82. And she's 23.

Grande is slightly notorious for some entitled episodes. You may remember when there was a story some years back that she and her friends were on video licking donuts they hadn't paid for in a shop to "sample" them. Not that that puts any expectations on her behavior, I'm sure she loves her fans.

[obamanut2012]

84. I know that -- she's a local girl

I know people who know her very well.

[Skittles]

75. I feel very bad for her

it is a horrendous tragedy

[brooklynite]

63. UPDATE: Authorities have found a body believed to be that of the bomber.

[steve2470]

65. confirms your post

Link to tweet

[steve2470]

66. Official: Male at scene identified as probable suicide bomber at Manchester Arena

Link to tweet

[steve2470]

64. Man in Arab facemask takes credit on behalf of ISIS for #Manchester terror attack on children

Link to tweet

Tarek Fatah: Host, 'FatahKaFatwa' on ZeeNews. Author, Balochistan Betrayed (Penguin), Hindu is Not My Enemy (2018), 'Tragic Illusion of Islamic State', 'Jew is Not My Enemy'

Columnist, The Toronto Sun




Could be BS of course.

[mwooldri]

73. Ungh. I truly believe that the so-called Islamic State ...

... makes the Provisional Irish Republican Army look like saints in comparison.

There's better ways to make a more devastating political point - without killing people.

[IcyPeas]

67. a couple of relatives on BBC news whose kids are okay....

One father said his daughter, 12 years old, got the ticket for Christmas and she's been counting down the days until this concert.

An older brother took his 9 year old little brother to this concert. It was his first concert.

These people are fine, but it gives you an idea of who was at this concert....

heartbreaking.

[steve2470]

70. very heartbreaking nt

[steve2470]

72. "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words"

Link to tweet

[steve2470]

76. Ariana Grande Suspends World Tour In Wake of Bombing

http://www.tmz.com/2017/05/22/ariana-grande-suspends-world-tour-bombing-terrorism/

Ariana Grande has indefinitely suspended her world tour in the wake of the terrorist bombing in England ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected to Ariana tell TMZ, she will not perform Thursday in London and has decided for now to put the entire European tour on hold. She was scheduled to perform in England, Belgium, Poland, Germany and Switzerland.

Ariana just tweeted, "broken.  from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry.  i don't have words."

As we reported, Ariana is inconsolable ... "in hysterics" after the bombing. As one source said, she's incapable of performing for anyone. She and her team, we're told, are also deeply concerned about security.

[qanda]

78. This is so evil!

😡

[LeftishBrit]

83. Heartbreaking

Best thoughts to all connected with Manchester.

This would be terrible anyway, but especially vile as given the choice of concert, it's essentially targeting children and teenagers.

[mr_lebowski]

85. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline ...

Prayers going out to all the kids and families ...

I really hope this isn't the beginning of the end of the world as we know it.

And I damn sure don't feel fine.

Kinda seems like these idiots have just handed Drumpf the distraction, and excuse for war/massively increased defense spending ... that he's been craving.