Topic: Incident at Manchester Arena

[thisyearisouryear]

CNN anchor just asked a crying mother whose daughter (along with her best friend) is still missing - "Tell us about the concert.. was your daughter a fan...? her best friend was a fan...?" FML!!

[Caligula?]

CNN anchor just asked a crying mother whose daughter (along with her best friend) is still missing - "Tell us about the concert.. was your daughter a fan...? her best friend was a fan...?" FML!!

I saw that as well. To be fair to him I think he was lost for words and had absolutely no idea what to say and seemed very uncomfortable interviewing her. Whoever had the idea to contact the mother and ask for an interview from her at a time like this deserves to lose their job.

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

The spotlight should not be on the scumbag who committed this terrible act, it should be on the poor children who lost their lives going to a concert for their favorite artist, it could have been anyone of us, the spotlight should also be on the beautiful people of Manchester who responded to this tragedy by opening their homes to strangers for shelters and help.

In times like these, the people of Manchester responded with love and compassion and shared the tragedy together already defeating the purpose of whoever committed this hideous act, showing that neither fear nor hatred will ever rule people's lives and for this they are the real heroes.

Thoughts and prayers are with those who lost a loved one today, may your loved ones rest in peace.

[AndyInVA]

I cannot imagine the feeling of the parents who cannot reach kids.

What in the world is the intent of the perpetrators. Targeting young people just means people will hate and despise the terrorists and everything they stand for, for even longer.

Cannot imagine the feeling of Mums and Dads who have kids there. Must be utterly gut wrenching.

Who targets kids on purpose

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

Anyway..RIP to those who lost their lives.


There are some really stupid people in the world. I have never understood how a suicide bomber helps whatever cause they do their hideous act for.

As a Muslim, it really baffles me, it puts people like me at a challenge and an understandable risk almost every day because of stupid acts like these.

Those who commit this are heartless pieces of shit, I don't even comprehend how they think.

[ShatnersBassoon]

They do it to provoke a reaction. That then provokes more. Ie people attacking mosques, non-extreme Muslims. With the ultimate goal of driving those moderate or unsympathetic believers into becoming extreme ones out if their own eye-for-an-eye retaliation and some sort of big divisive battle. It's just nihilistic psychopathy.

And the best thing to do is not take the bait and be lowered to their base level of hate. They'll die off enentually on their own

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

They won't die off until Islam joins the modern day world, like pretty much every other religion has.They still believe they are fighting a holy war from thousands of years ago. Fucking idiots.

That won't happen when the US has just signed a deal worth billions of dollars to arm Saudi Arabia a state that funds terrorism and still live 1400 years away from modern society.

Funds to Middle Eastern countries should be spent on education and health care, not arming dictators. Dictators in the Middle East will only make terrorist organizations like Isis bigger and stronger.

[thisyearisouryear]

They do it to provoke a reaction. That then provokes more. Ie people attacking mosques, non-extreme Muslims. With the ultimate goal of driving those moderate or unsympathetic believers into becoming extreme ones out if their own eye-for-an-eye retaliation and some sort of big divisive battle. It's just nihilistic psychopathy.

And the best thing to do is not take the bait and be lowered to their base level of hate. They'll die off enentually on their own

I understand and get the first part. But I don't think I agree with your conclusion. This won't die off on its own and inaction is nowhere close to the best course of action.

[Alan_X]

Please don't post conspiracies and numerology shite.

[Garrus]

Just dreadful news to wake up to. Thoughts with all the victims and their families.

[Mercer]

So, so shocked at this.

RIP.

[Rush 82]

Rest in Peace to those killed in this cowardly attack. My heart goes out to the victims and their families and those injured.

I am filled with both rage and despair.

[Upinsmoke]

What absolute scum, at a kids concert

Rip to all those that have lost there lives

[Tesco tearaway]

Terrible news 
Targeting children? That's the action of a fucking shithouse 

My heart goes out to all those affected.
R.I.P

[Alan_X]

Can we wait until there's some more detail before discussing this? There are 19 people dead and many injured. There will be plenty of time to talk about why this happened.

[♠Dirty Harry♠]

Can we wait until there's some more detail before discussing this? There are 19 people dead and many injured. There will be plenty of time to talk about why this happened.

Agreed.

How do you prevent these things? So small scale and can be organised without much if any coordination.

[Alan_X]

The root cause of Britain now being a prime target is a direct result of recent British armed involvement in Muslim countries, just as it was in Ireland/Northern Ireland. It's not rocket science yet it seems the British government has learned nothing from Northern Ireland.

This really isn't the time it place for this.

[TepidT2O]

Oh how I wish I hadn't woken to see this...

Pigs.

[Working Class Hen-Pecked Hero]

What a waste of life. Again. Feels horrible typing "again" but it's becoming all too frequent

[Alan_X]

Locked for a moment. There are people waking up to this news who will be taking ion the deaths of 19 people and the horrific injuries of many more. Can we wait for a bit before going over the same old ground.

[Alan_X]

The spotlight should not be on the scumbag who committed this terrible act, it should be on the poor children who lost their lives going to a concert for their favorite artist, it could have been anyone of us, the spotlight should also be on the beautiful people of Manchester who responded to this tragedy by opening their homes to strangers for shelters and help.

In times like these, the people of Manchester responded with love and compassion and shared the tragedy together already defeating the purpose of whoever committed this hideous act, showing that neither fear nor hatred will ever rule people's lives and for this they are the real heroes.

Thoughts and prayers are with those who lost a loved one today, may your loved ones rest in peace.

[Alan_X]

Unlocked. Can we focus on actual facts as they become apparent and save the speculation for another thread.

Confirmed:

22 people have died.
59 people injured
Single suicide attacker with an improvised IED

[Mister Flip Flop]

~Woke up 10 minutes to see this news. Actually in tears here

[zero zero]

Terrible news. Thoughts with anyone caught up in this.

Targeting young girls...

[ToneLa]

Kids confirmed among the dead as is the attacker.
 

[AndyMuller]

I'm absolutely sick of this, we need to wipe the lot of them out the shithouses.

RIP to those who were caught up in this horrific act.

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[Jonny-B]

Agreed.

How do you prevent these things? So small scale and can be organised without much if any coordination.

It's almost impossible if it's a single person doing it. We don't know how many attacks the security services stop but it's probably quite a few. As this is a bombing then unlike at Westminster he probably had help and everyone who so much as breathed near this scumbag will be being picked up today.

[Crosby Nick]

Absolutely awful. You get so conditioned to reading these stories that sometimes (wrongly, I know) you don't dwell on it too much but this one is particularly upsetting for a number of reasons. RIP to all the innocent victims.

[PaulF]

Gmp said 22 dead now😢
Not heard from my daughter who is at Manchester uni. Can't believe for a moment she would be there, but feeling a tiny bit of the horror others must be going through.

[RJ320]

Kids confirmed among the dead as is the attacker.
 

They go for a fun night out and never come back home, absolutely sickening. Its at times like these I hope Hell is real because thats where the killer will be burning right now.

RIP the 19.

[Haemoglobin]

RIP 

[ToneLa]

Chief constable full statement.

This has been the most horrific incident we have had to face in Greater Manchester and one that we all hoped we would never see.

Families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert at the Manchester Arena and have lost their lives. Our thoughts are with those 22 victims that we now know have died, the 59 people who have been injured and their loved ones. We continue to do all we can to support them. They are being treated at eight hospitals across Greater Manchester.

This is a fast-moving investigation and we have significant resources deployed to both the investigation and the visible patrols that people will see across Greater Manchester as they wake up to news of the events last night. This will include armed officers as people would expect. More than 400 officers have been involved in the operation during the night.

To remind you, we were called at 10.33pm to reports of an explosion at the Manchester Arena at the conclusion of an Ariana Grande concert. More than 250 calls came in and emergency services were very quickly on scene. Emergency numbers have been established for anyone who is concerned for loved ones who may not have returned home: 0161 856 9400 or 0161 856 9900.

We have been treating this as a terrorist incident and we believe that while the attack last night was conducted by one man, the priority is to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a network.

The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena. We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device, which he detonated, causing this atrocity.

We would ask people not to speculate on his details or to share names. There is a complex and wide-ranging investigation under way.

Our priority is to work with the national counter-terrorist policing network and UK intelligence services to establish more details about the individual who carried out this attack.

[Gaz123456]

Abdolutely appalled at this. Sadly there are evil people in this world.

I've been in the area of the explosion over 30 times - makes you realise how fragile life is.

RIP to the deceased and heartfelt thoughts to their families.

[Barneylfc∗]

Fuck me. Went to sleep last night after reading the first dozen or so posts about it being a blown speaker or something, now it's a likely terror attack with 22 dead. RIP. 

[jillcwhomever]

RIP to all of those who have lost their lives, and condolences to their family and friends. I just cannot believe they can do this to kids, just awful absolute scum those responsible.

[dirkster]

Just heard the terrible news. Heart goes out to those poor people who have lost loved ones. I just can't comprehend how anybody could deliberately target children in this way. Utterly barbaric and twisted ideology. 

[HeartAndSoul]

Waking up to news like this just puts you on a downer for the rest of the day 

People can't even enjoy a night out without fearing for their life. This world is full of sick twisted individuals

[reddav72]

waking up to this terrible news. wtf is going on. a kids concert love and thoughts to manchester and all affected by this disgusting act.
stand together and stand strong.

[Carllfc]

Lost for words. RIP.

[swoopy]

What an utter dickhead you've got to be to do this

RIP