24 May, 2017
May said the independent body which sets the threat level had recommended it be raised after a man named by police as Salman Abedi - a 22-year-old British man of Libyan descent - set off an improvised bomb on Monday night as crowds streamed out of a concert.
A homeless man said he pulled nails from the faces of injured children before paramedics arrived to treat victims of the Manchester terror attack. "I'm really shaken and can't process what happened as so many people were there with children", she said.
Now her death has been confirmed by the headmaster of her school, Chris Upton, who told the Guardian Saffie was "simply a handsome little girl in every aspect of the word". "It was one bang and essentially everyone from the other side of the arena where the bang was heard from suddenly came running towards us as they were trying to exit".
Alex Klis, a student at the University of York, posted on Facebook, "Anyone who is in any safe place or hospital in Manchester, if anyone comes across my parents please please let me know as they've been missing ever since the attack, this is a picture taken tonight so this is exactly what they were wearing". "But they're losers. Just remember that", he said. Donald Trump wishes to "obliterate" people that the U.S. president's own security forces can not identify or locate.
Following the attack, Grande tweeted: "Broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words". More than 200 people were injured, though no one was killed.
The Islamic State group's claim of responsibility echoed others the extremists have made for attacks in the West but with vague details that left open the possibility it was an opportunistic attempt at propaganda. The bombing took place at the end of the concert when security is much more relaxed as some audience members already were streaming toward the city's main train station.
"I won't call them monsters because they would like that term, they would think that's a great name", Trump said.
Numerous people injured in the attack were still receiving treatment at area hospitals. Police believe Masood acted alone and was motivated by Islamist extremism.
May and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, agreed to suspend campaigning ahead of the country's June 8 elections.
Manchester has been targeted by terrorism before.
Experts will also examine what is left of the device used in Manchester, the deployment of which is an extremely concerning development following recent belief that an attack in the United Kingdom was more likely to be with a knife or a vehicle.
Hjelmgaard reported from Manchester; Onyanga-Omara from London; Bacon from McLean, Va.
