Witnesses report two explosions, CNN now reporting Greater Manchester police say confirmed fatalities and other injuries.
They are not using the “T” word yet, but it sure looks like it .
Greater Manchester Police confirm fatalities, cause still unclear.
I’m listening to an eyewitness on the BBC. This man was waiting in the foyer for his wife and daughter who were at the concert. He says he thinks the source of the explosion was outside the concert arena somewhere in the foyer. He himself was blown off his feet through a set of doors. He was reunited with his family later. What he says seems to be confirmed by other sources but there is a great deal of confusion right now.
Just saw a claim of 20 dead and 100 injured, but that’s anything but “confirmed” at this point.
And here is a Twitter video that apparently shows the explosion at 0:07 from outside the building.
Many offers on social media offering shelter or rides home. A tweet with a video of the bang from an explosion.
Authorities are still sorting out what happened and how many fatalities.
I hear it, but I don’t see it.
Watch the windows on the building near the left edge of the frame. They flash yellow-ish / light up right before the explosion is heard.
Sky News livestream said the authorities are treating it as terrorism.
Sounds like police pulled a man out a vehicle and arrested him.
Some claims that the bomb used nails as shrapnel.
Everything I just typed should be taken with a grain of salt because it’s still very early and there’s a lot of confusion still.
It’s a flash off the buildings on the left hand side of the picture, right at the start of the video.
OK, I saw it this time.
purported photo of aftermath here, viewer discretion advised
MSNBC is now reporting that British authorities are using the “T” word. Also “suicide bomber”.
Sky News says that the police said casualty figures are 19 dead and 50 injured.
Lots of pictures and videos of victims with leg injuries, kind of like the Boston Marathon attack.
GMP just stating that there have been 19 deaths, and it is being treated as terrorist incident. That’s per all the UK TV networks.
A fucking Ariana Grande concert. Jesus fucking christ.
Closest thing I’ve seen to confirmation of terrorist attack
But I don’t know the UK sources well enough to know which ones I should be following.
That is a picture from a police exercise a few years ago. It is not the MEN Arena.
The religion of peace again??
Thanks for the correction. That’s an amazingly-realistic police exercise with debris scattered around the ground. Or maybe it’s just a dirty place?
No confirmation at this point, but I know which way I’d wager if I had to.