LIVE: Fatalities after Manchester 'explosion'

Sky News ^ | 22 May 2017

[mandaladon]

Police warn people to stay away from the Manchester Arena area following reports of an explosion.

Here's what we know:

:: Police have confirmed a number of fatalities after reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena

:: The arena was hosting an Ariana Grande concert and the "loud bangs" were heard just after the concert ended

:: The cause of the bangs has not yet been confirmed

Greater Manchester Police have confirmed a number of confirmed fatalities

[janetjanet998]

someone posted the 20 dead on twitter but didn’t source it...where did you here that from?

[combat_boots]

Tommy Robinson‏ Verified account  @TRobinsonNewEra 9m 9 minutes ago They are now targeting our children , FFS England wake up

[82nd Bragger]

Man, that dude was funny as hell....remember watching the Pink Panther series as a kid. Classic!

[conservative98]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygTbwGrTELc

[bob_esb]

where did you see 20 dead. BBC is indicating 3

[edh]

“Sky News just reported that the “explosion” (their words) occurred near the foyer of the arena.”

Some politician over there referred to this as an “attack”.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. Now they’re saying it was an explosion in the foyer area, and people out side the arena heard it.

That’s why there wasn’t smoke in the arena proper.

[kanawa]

Tom Winter of NBC

[conservative98]

[Sarah Barracuda]

So what is the likelihood that some balloon went off in the foyer area?? Not sure the kind of security there was to get into this event but it could have been a suicide bomber(Like in Israel, they have their explosive filled with nails and other items)

[Stepan12]

Sheepherder Smith is saying that it may not be terror. Welcome to the post Ailes (RIP) and post O’Reilly Fox News.

[kanawa]

https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/866794890579062784?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[Sarah Barracuda]

CBS, BBC, I think even NBC News is reporting it..now the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK is calling this a terrorist attack

[edh]

“It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to set off a bomb at the end of a concert.”

I thought this at first, but I then started thinking about leaving concerts ... little security, masses of people ... the koranimals seem to like driving cars into crowds these days ... this is JUST SPECULATION (not fact), but I wonder if this was another car attack with explosives involved?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Breaking News Feed‏ @pzf 3m3 minutes ago BREAKING NEWS: MANCHESTER EXPLOSION BEING TREATED AS A TERROR ATTACK. AT LEAST 20 DEAD WITH MORE THAN 100 INJURED.

[lonevoice]

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[b4its2late]

She’s one of those huh?

[atc23]

That’s why there wasn’t smoke in the arena proper

Darn auto correct - Pooper

[Pollster1]

Let’s not jump to conclu . . .

[DoughtyOne]

Hey!