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Manchester 'explosions': Police warn people to stay away from arena after loud bangs heard at Ariana Grande concert
[Independent] Nineteen people have been killed and at least 50 people have been injured following an kaboom at Manchester Arena which is being treated as a terrorist incident.Footage shows thousands of panicked young people fleeing the arena in panic after an kaboom went off at around 10.40pm. Eyewitnesses said the kaboom sounds were heard outside the auditorium after the artist had finished her show and left the stage, with people claiming on social media they believed the bangs were a bomb. One fan leaving the concert described how the loud bangs resonated as fans were leaving the venue, which has a capacity of 21,000. It is not known how many people were attending the concert, but the majority of the American pop star's fans are young people in their teens and twenties. One eyewitness named Andy who had been at the concert with his wife and daughters told the BBC he had seen many people lying on the ground injured as he desperately searched for his family. "Whoever's done it has done it on a kids' concert," he said, adding that the whole building had shook from the force of the kaboom. Another eyewitness said he was thrown "30 feet in the air" by the force of the kaboom. Emergency services are said to be in attendance at the venue close to Manchester Victoria station with police helicopters reported to be circling overhead. Police have warned people to stay away from the arena while investigations take place and put out a a statement confimring the number of fatalities shortly after 1am. Police confirmed a bomb disposal squad carried out a controlled kaboom of a suspect device around 1am. Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-05-22 |
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