Manchester arena 'explosion'.

[Matt]

I know about five people that went to Ariana Grande's concert, as far as I know they're all ok.

Such a senseless act, I can't imagine what it would've been like trying to get out. I think it raises a serious question about the security of such venues - they're incredibly hard to protect and if terrorists can cause such havoc without even entering the actual arena ...

I imagine in the coming days more information will emerge about both the attacker and the victims. Poor Ariana

RIP to those who have died

[Samantha]

The Arndale has had an evacuation, surrounding areas have been evacuated too.

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[Joe]

The Arndale has had an evacuation, surrounding areas have been evacuated too.

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Now reopened

Armed police have arrested a male

[Lewis]

Another terrible attack . RIP to those who lost their lives.

I was looking at the twitter of one of the victims and one of her tweets before the incident sent shivers down my spine, as it said: "Kill me, kill me, kill me, tell me they're in Manchester" or something similar.

[-:Undertaker:-]

A message from Her Majesty The Queen following the attack in Manchester yesterday. https://t.co/CuaaPmRM1D

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) May 23, 2017

[lemons]

Another terrible attack . RIP to those who lost their lives.

I was looking at the twitter of one of the victims and one of her tweets before the incident sent shivers down my spine, as it said: "Kill me, kill me, kill me, tell me they're in Manchester" or something similar.

It was 18 y/o Georgina who tweeted that but that was about her being excited that her friends were coming to visit her I believe. She tweeted this last year

@ArianaGrande i miss you sooo much - can wait to see you on the dw tour, its gonna kill me

very chilling

[wixard]

why an ariana grande concert

loads of reasons

her demographic (young girls, gays)
her popularity
her 'promiscuity'

[Samantha]

8 year old Saffie Roussos has been confirmed dead now.

[FlyingJesus]

loads of reasons

her demographic (young girls, gays)
her popularity
her 'promiscuity'

Also it's an attack on both Britain and America by using one of their biggest stars of the moment, so gives it all more publicity which is what terror's really about.

IS have now claimed the attack but they claim anything they can, truth is we probably won't know if the bomber was actually affiliated with them or a solo nutjob

[Charlie]

Doing something like that is bad enough, but to do it at a concert where there is loads of children is even worse. In the clip where you can hear the explosion, the point where the explosion happens and the screaming gets louder as the clip goes on is horrible. I hope anyone who is still searching for someone who is missing finds them. I find it disgusting also that people are posting fake missing people, in times like these we need to come together and help, not make matters worse.

It just makes you feel like you can't do anything without the risk of someone doing something like this, for whatever reasons they have.