PM shocked at deaths in Manchester attack

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24 May, 2017

At least 22 people were killed and 59 others injured when a lone suicide bomber set off a bomb at the Manchester Arena after U.S. pop star Ariana Grande concluded her concert last night.

Ms May said the threat level remained severe, meaning a "a terrorist attack remains highly likely".

London police said extra armed officers would be deployed at this weekend's soccer cup final at Wembley and rugby at Twickenham.

Islamic State, now being driven from territories in Syria and Iraq by Western-backed armed forces, claimed the attack as revenge against "Crusaders".

Runshaw College in Lancashire, about an hour northwest of Manchester, released a statement confirming with "enormous sadness" that the 18-year-old had died.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the attack in south Manchester.

Two U.S. officials told The Associated Press that British authorities have identified the suspect as Salman Abedi.

Pep Guardiola will arrive in Abu Dhabi for a post-season meeting with his Manchester City employers as planned, despite his family being caught up in Monday's terror attack in Manchester.

"It was so quick".

Police cars, bomb-disposal units and 60 ambulances raced to the scene as the scale of the carnage became clear. Later, forensic officers in white coveralls were seen going in and out of the property. "I think with past experience, that fear is there in our [community], especially among women", says Malek, 61, shuffling in his leather chair in a back room in the MYF's office. A banner with a website for a Muslim group said "Love for all, Hatred for None".

The bomb tore through an entrance hall of the 21,000-seat Manchester Arena at about 10:30 p.m. on Monday as a concert by the pop star was ending and as crowds of teenagers had begun to leave.

The third victim of the attack has been identified by the Manchester Evening News as 26-year-old John Atkinson.

A huge fan of Grande and her music, Callender had tweeted at the pop star on Sunday night, prior to her concert. She said the explosions rang out as soon as Grande left the stage "almost like they waited for her to go". People tumbled over guardrails and one another clawing toward an escape.

"There was this massive bang". It's just instinct to go and help.

It has been reported that numerous injured victims are under 16 years old.

Atkinson was confirmed dead by his friends and family following the attack. Twitter and Facebook were filled with appeals for the missing. I've dropped them off to the hospital. "But at the same time, [they] should take precautions against people who might target them for being Muslims", he says. Her mother was present. She said her phone had not stopped ringing since her tweet.

"My mum was holding onto to us as tight as she could". "What should have been a superb evening", Lunt said, "is now just frightful". Some concert-goers said security was haphazard before the show, with some people being searched and others allowed inside unhindered.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II marked a moment of silence to honor the victims. In Rome, the lights of the Colosseum and Trevi Fountain were darkened.

President Donald Trump reacted to the bombing while on a trip in the Middle East, calling those behind it "evil losers". "Kill him everywhere, Britain and England and Manchester and United Kingdom and Britain".

The bombing is the worst to hit Britain since the July 7 2005 suicide bomb attacks in central London in which 52 people were killed.

According to NBC News, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

In a telegram, Pope Francis said he is dismayed by the "barbaric" attack in Manchester.


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