# Explosions at Manchester Arena (England) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243 "2017-05-22T23:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/1 "2017-05-22T23:17:50Z")
[CNN Coverage here](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/europe/manchester-arena-incident/index.html). 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 . ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/2 "2017-05-22T23:19:51Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > [CNN Coverage here](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/europe/manchester-arena-incident/index.html). > > Witnesses report two explosions, one site I saw (not CNN) reports that there have been fatalities. Greater Manchester Police confirm fatalities, cause still unclear. > ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/3 "2017-05-22T23:31:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/4 "2017-05-22T23:50:13Z")
Just saw a claim of 20 dead and 100 injured, but that’s anything but “confirmed” at this point. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/5 "2017-05-22T23:53:21Z")
And [here is a Twitter video](https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569/video/1) that apparently shows the explosion at 0:07 from outside the building. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/6 "2017-05-22T23:53:30Z")
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. [https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/22/manchester-arena-evacuated-reports-gunshots-explosion/amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/22/manchester-arena-evacuated-reports-gunshots-explosion/amp/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/7 "2017-05-22T23:57:44Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > And [here is a Twitter video](https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569/video/1) that apparently shows the explosion at 0:07 from outside the building. I hear it, but I don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/8 "2017-05-23T00:02:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/9 "2017-05-23T00:02:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I hear it, but I don’t see it. It’s a flash off the buildings on the left hand side of the picture, right at the start of the video. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/10 "2017-05-23T00:03:50Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > 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. > [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/11 "2017-05-23T00:06:45Z")
purported [photo of aftermath here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAdoCiiXoAAPaba.jpg), viewer discretion advised ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/12 "2017-05-23T00:10:37Z")
MSNBC is now reporting that British authorities are using the “T” word. Also “suicide bomber”. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/13 "2017-05-23T00:13:58Z")
Sky News says that the police said casualty figures are 19 dead and 50 injured. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/14 "2017-05-23T00:15:10Z")
Lots of pictures and videos of victims with leg injuries, kind of like the Boston Marathon attack. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/15 "2017-05-23T00:16:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/16 "2017-05-23T00:17:25Z")
[Closest thing I’ve seen to confirmation of terrorist attack](https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/866806307159986176) But I don’t know the UK sources well enough to know which ones I should be following. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/17 "2017-05-23T00:17:43Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > purported [photo of aftermath here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAdoCiiXoAAPaba.jpg), viewer discretion advised That is a picture from a police exercise a few years ago. It is not the MEN Arena. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/18 "2017-05-23T00:21:33Z")
The religion of peace again?? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/19 "2017-05-23T00:22:09Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > That is a picture from a police exercise a few years ago. It is not the MEN Arena. 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? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243/20 "2017-05-23T00:24:00Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > The religion of peace again?? No confirmation at this point, but I know which way I’d wager if I had to. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-manchester-arena-england/787243.md?page=2)