Breaking News Manchester Evening News Arena Explosions

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:50 am

Unconfirmed reports that it was a nail bomb

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:52 am

Being treated as a potential terrorist incident.

slw · Post by **slw** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:52 am

Tim farrin reckons it an attack
Looks like terrorism to me.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:54 am

Rumours of armed person at Oldham hospital....?

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:00 am

BBC news reporting the explosion was in the ticket box area of the foyer.

Looks like a lot of injuries would have been caused in the panic of the evacuation. These are mainly young teenagers so the terror would be contagious. Reporters and attendees saying stewards had abandoned their posts and no-one was supervising the evacuation!

Reports that it is likely that deaths are in double figures.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:02 am

DCWat wrote:Rumours of armed person at Oldham hospital....?

Oldham Council say it's bullshit.
https://twitter.com/OldhamCouncil/statu ... 0053243904" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

KefkaClaret · Post by **KefkaClaret** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:02 am

Video on twitter of a woman's legs bleeding, the nail bomb report seems likely. Horrible.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:02 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:Oldham Council say it's bullshit.

Good to hear.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:05 am

It sounds like someone has blown themselves up using a device packed with metal type objects

Yorkshire chap now on 5live being interviewed who is injured as well as his wife who has sustained stomach wounds and has a broken leg. They were hit by flying nuts and bolts type objects

Bury-claret90 · Post by **Bury-claret90** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:07 am

Seen something about Oldham hopstial bookface
My misses showed me a few post from people in Oldham cause she from there,
People stuck inside cause there's person with a gun outside
frightening !!!

Stay safe people

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:09 am

THEWELLERNUT70 wrote:It sounds like someone has blown themselves up using a device packed with metal type objects

Yorkshire chap now on 5live being interviewed who is injured as well as his wife who has sustained stomach wounds and has a broken leg. They were hit by flying nuts and bolts type objects

NBC Nightly News have reported on Twitter that US officials have been informed that UK authorities are investigating this as a possibility.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:10 am

Bury-claret90 wrote:Seen something about Oldham hopstial bookface
My misses showed me a few post from people in Oldham cause she from there,
People stuck inside cause there's person with a gun outside
frightening !!!

Stay safe people

It's not true.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:12 am

The chap interviewed on 5live from Leeds stated someone came out of the doors near the ticket office and then there was an explosion

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:12 am

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:13 am

MRG wrote:Apparently terrorist attack will formally be ruled out shortly, watch this space

Source?

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:14 am

Confirmed 19 dead unfortunately

Harleston Claret · Post by **Harleston Claret** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:14 am

Manchester Police treating it as a terrorist attack

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:15 am

ClaretAndJew wrote:Source?

His own desire to appear in-the-know.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:21 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:His own desire to appear in-the-know.

Why would anyone want to post stuff like that is beyond me. Unless you have concrete evidence keep it bloody shut

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:24 am

2nd suspect device found and being dealt with

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:26 am

Will MRG at least admit he was wrong or misinformed?

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:27 am

I choose not to give a ****, CJ.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:32 am

The concert was apparently running 5 to 10 minutes late.

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:40 am

News reporting explosion was in the area where kids would be waiting for parents or buying merchandise. Deliberate targeting.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:44 am

Appalling. They're just kids, KIDS!

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:45 am

bfcmik wrote:News reporting explosion was in the area where kids would be waiting for parents or buying merchandise. Deliberate targeting.

That makes me feel physically sick.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue May 23, 2017 1:55 am

bfcmik wrote:News reporting explosion was in the area where kids would be waiting for parents or buying merchandise. Deliberate targeting.

Probably couldn't "safely" get the bomb into the concert proper without being discovered and just targetted where lots of people would be.

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Tue May 23, 2017 2:17 am

The concert was just ending so people were able to move freely if they wished.

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Tue May 23, 2017 3:15 am

i've just got this news..... UTTERLY INSANE

Appalled by it.
Also Appalled by some of the glib / speculative comments above.

PEOPLE HAVE DIED!

My Nieces wanted to be there but were not.

I hope all of you and yours are OK - or as OK as you can be after this...

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue May 23, 2017 5:13 am

incredibly sad, nobody should go to a concert and not come back. My heart breaks for those young eyes that have witnessed such an horrific event and also for Ariana Grande, this will take an awful lot of strength for them all to get through it

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Tue May 23, 2017 5:55 am

Now is the time for strong and stable leadership, not a terrorist sympathizer.

bfc1984 · Post by **bfc1984** » Tue May 23, 2017 5:58 am

Shame on MRG idiotic comments,from someone doing guess work to Say I told you so pillock!

LS7 · Post by **LS7** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:00 am

Terrible news, shocking. Sympathy and prayers to all affected.

But some of the cranks on here. Omg. Bye.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:20 am

Just waking up to this. Not sure if my daughter was there or not (her mother doesn't communicate with me much about what they do, and neither does my daughter (on instruction from her mum)). I do know she had a birthday present she wouldn't tell me about and that she is a fan of Ariana Grande.

I'm sure she's fine, I don't even know if she was there - it's the not knowing that is difficult.

RIP to those who died - just shocked by this

HatfieldClaret · Post by **HatfieldClaret** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:31 am

Terrible news and my sympathies to all those affected by it.

It won't be long before we find it's a home grown fanatic and someone will blame this on foreign policy, assuming this was ISIL inspired.

I'll keep my comments re Corbyn and the Green party policy for another day and another thread.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:47 am

claretandy wrote:Now is the time for strong and stable leadership, not a terrorist sympathizer.

Now is the time to think of the people who have lost their children, brothers, sisters, mums, dads you massive prick.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Tue May 23, 2017 6:51 am

Just seen the news this morning. Very sad and my thoughts go out to Manchester and those who have lost loved ones.

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:05 am

22 dead now.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:14 am

claretandy wrote:Now is the time for strong and stable leadership, not a terrorist sympathizer.

JFW.

You utter tit.

Dom · Post by **Dom** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:17 am

My heart sank when I heard the news this morning, I saw snapchats from my best mates girlfriend who was there and they thankfully weren't hurt.
MENArena said that the blast happened outside the arena by the foyer.
Targeted attack knowing that it would be teenage girls as the main demographic. Absolute cowardice and for what f***ing gain?
I maintain than until we deal with the root of the issue, Wahhabism, and the country who sponsor terrorism, Saudi Arabia, it'll be the same cycle again and again.

I'm ****** off. I am sick of the same cycle but what can we do about a problem that's homegrown? That's underground? That can be carried out by lone psychos with access to the internet?

MRG · Post by **MRG** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:20 am

Horrific news. I can assure you that the initial word coming out was that this was some freak accident and that was actually being reported by some American news outlets. My 'source' was a family member who works for GMP who categorically said NOT terrorist related initially with initial thoughts being some sort of gas explosion. (Industrial balloon filling gas canister). Clearly she was unaware of something very significant at that stage. It will be interesting to see how the timeline of events unfold.

More importantly, as the father of a girl who is now at the age of attending concerts like this, I'm appalled that such a concert would be targeted. Innocent children. Clearly no life is worth more than another but Take That have been on all weekend, a sell out concert, however they choose to wait for a concert that would be predominantly attended by children

bartons baggage · Post by **bartons baggage** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:22 am

claretandy wrote:Now is the time for strong and stable leadership, not a terrorist sympathizer.

Kids have been murdered and you post that.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:26 am

Dom wrote:My heart sank when I heard the news this morning, I saw snapchats from my best mates girlfriend who was there and they thankfully weren't hurt.
MENArena said that the blast happened outside the arena by the foyer.
Targeted attack knowing that it would be teenage girls as the main demographic. Absolute cowardice and for what f***ing gain?
I maintain than until we deal with the root of the issue, Wahhabism, and the country who sponsor terrorism, Saudi Arabia, it'll be the same cycle again and again.

I'm ****** off. I am sick of the same cycle but what can we do about a problem that's homegrown? That's underground? That can be carried out by lone psychos with access to the internet?

I missed the news where they identified the terrorist and his/ her motives. Could you put a link up please?

Dom · Post by **Dom** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:32 am

TheFamilyCat wrote:I missed the news where they identified the terrorist and his/ her motives. Could you put a link up please?

Bury your head in the sand, it's 100% going to be another Islamic terrorist attack, i'd put any amount of money on it.
https://twitter.com/joshgremillion/stat ... 8870177792" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:32 am

Went to bed early last night so just waking up to the news, absolutely devastated.
My heart goes out to the victims, their families and everyone affected.
My wife and sis-in-law were just at The Arena last Wednesday and we were planning a night out in Manchester this Friday to celebrate our wedding anniversary.
We'll still be going but more out of support for the great city of Manchester and a **** you to the cowardly **** terrorists than a celebration.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:42 am

Dom wrote:Bury your head in the sand, it's 100% going to be another Islamic terrorist attack, i'd put any amount of money on it.
https://twitter.com/joshgremillion/stat ... 8870177792" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not many other groups I can think of that would willingly and specifically target children at a pop concert with nail bombs.

Dom · Post by **Dom** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:47 am

Police confirming it was a lone attacker who died at the scene.

bumba · Post by **bumba** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:59 am

RIP to all the children an people killed in the attack, what a cruel world.
Hoping this isn't a knock on effect of showing the three girls documentary about Muslim peadophiles last week

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Tue May 23, 2017 7:59 am

Like many others woke up this morning to this shocking news.

They have targeted an event that would be predominantly attended by young girls, not that any event should be targeted.

Thoughts are with everyone who had somebody there

Goodclaret · Post by **Goodclaret** » Tue May 23, 2017 8:03 am

Absolutely horrendous news to wake up to this morning. It really does make you question what this world is all about.

It does make you think if you should change your plans too. I'm due to watch The Courteeners at Old Trafford on Saturday with my wife and two lads. My wife is thinking we shouldn't go now but, as Vintage Claret says, do we let them "win"?

Thoughts with all involved