29 May, 2017
British police say a 44-year-old man has been arrested in Manchester in connection with the suicide bombing at an arena in the city that killed 22 people and wounded dozens of others.
"We will not quit or operate in fear. The arrest is connected to Monday's attack on the Manchester Arena, but this is a fast moving investigation and we are keeping an open mind at this stage", the statement said.
Following the deadly attack at the Manchester Arena at an Ariana Grande's concert earlier this week, the singer has announced a benefit concert in the United Kingdom city to raise money for the victims and their families.
Grande did not give a specific date in her post for her return to Manchester, but promised to share details as soon as everything is confirmed. Grande shared a moving note about the Manchester bombing in which she grieves for all affected by this unspeakable tragedy, honors her fans, and shares her plan to host a benefit event. "The compassion, kindness, love, strength and oneness you've shown one another this week is the exact opposite of the heinous intentions it must take to pull off something as evil as what happened Monday". She asks that people's response to violence be to "to love more, to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before".
The singer said she wanted the current tour to be "a safe space" for her fans to "express themselves".
The day following the attack, Grande returned to her home in Florida and suspended her "Dangerous Woman" tour until June 5.
Grande in her statement said she has been focused "non-stop" on the victims and that "I will think of them with everything I do for the rest of my life".
