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"It's the most terrible feeling ever, to know your daughter is there and you don't know whether she's dead or alive", she said.
"Luckily, my young nieces, who may have gone to the concert, didn't go but some people's friends and relatives have and it's bad news", Mr Lynch said.
"The priority is to establish if he was acting alone or as part of a network".
Her management company, Scooter Braun Projects, said they had been left broken hearted by the suicide attack after her concert in Manchester on Monday night and praised the Manchester's emergency services for their work following the explosion.
At least 60 ambulances attended the scene of the blast, as over 240 distress calls were received.
More than 400 officers were involved in the operation overnight.
Desperate parents and friends used social media to search for loved ones while the wounded were being treated at six hospitals across Manchester.
Police have appealed for concert-goers and witnesses to provide them with any footage they have from the scene if they believe it can assist the probe.
Police on Tuesday said they are still gathering information about the explosion, which they are treating as a "terrorist incident". We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated causing this atrocity.
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Manchester Victoria Station, which was evacuated during the incident, remains closed while forensic investigators gather evidence.
The deadliest bomb attack on British soil took place on July 7, 2005 when four British suicide bombers inspired by al-Qaeda attack London's transport system, killing 52 and wounding 700.
All political campaigning for the upcoming general United Kingdom elections has been suspended and the UK's prime minister, Theresa May, has called an emergency meeting.
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Speaking from the West Bank on Tuesday, President Donald Trump denounced the attackers as "evil losers".
"It is rather people who live here and for different reasons can become radicals and find on the internet calls for violence and then act", he told Belgian radio in March.
According to police, the blast occurred "within the foyer area of the stadium".
One fan at the concert described how the explosion hit the venue as fans were leaving the building.
"A huge bomb-like bang went off that hugely panicked everyone and we were all trying to flee the arena", said concertgoer Majid Khan, 22.
He added that those near him, the majority of whom were children and teenagers, ran towards the exits, "jumping on chairs and trying to run as fast as they could".
Ellie Ward, 17, made his way out of the arena after the blast, and found his 64-year-old grandfather, who had been waiting for him when the explosion happened.
"I have spoken with Andy Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, who has fully briefed me on the operational response in the city".
Grande's manager, Scooter Braun, joined Grande and a number of celebrities including James Corden and David Beckham in taking to Twitter to offer condolences to those affected by the "senseless attack": "We mourn the lives of children and lives of loved ones taken by this cowardly attack".
Children are known to be amongst those killed.
