5/23/2017 19DeadInExplosionAtArianaGrande'sConcertInManchester:BritishPolice

19DeadInExplosionAtAriana
Grande'sConcertInManchester:
BritishPolice
BritishpolicesaidonMondaytheyhadrespondedtoaserious
incidentatavenueinthenorthernEnglishcityofManchesterwhere
U.S.singerArianaGrandehadbeenperforming.
World|AgenceFrancePresse|Updated:May23,201706:53IST
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5/23/2017 19DeadInExplosionAtArianaGrande'sConcertInManchester:BritishPolice

"EmergencyservicesrespondingtoseriousincidentatManchesterArena,"ManchesterPolice.

Manchester:Atleast19peoplewerekilledinablastataconcertintheEnglishcityofManchester
onMondaywhereU.S.singerArianaGrandehadbeenperformingandtwoU.S.officialssaida
suicidebomberwassuspectedintheexplosion.

Britishpolicesaidtheincident,inwhichatleast50peoplewereinjured,wasbeingtreatedasa
terroristincident.Policecarriedoutacontrolledexplosiononasuspectdeviceseveralhoursafter
theblast.

Policesaidtheyrespondedtoreportsofanexplosionshortlyafter10:35pm(2135GMT)atthe
arena,whichhasacapacityfor21,000people,andwheretheU.S.singerhadbeenperformingto
anaudiencethatincludedmanychildren.

Ifconfirmedasaterrorismincident,itwouldbethedeadliestattackinBritainbymilitantssincefour
BritishMuslimskilled52peopleinsuicidebombingsonLondon'stransportsysteminJuly2005.

TheblastalsocametwoandhalfweeksaheadofanelectioninwhichPrimeMinisterTheresaMay
ispredictedbyopinionpollstowinalargemajority.

Awitnesswhoattendedtheconcertsaidshefeltahugeblastasshewasleavingthearena,
followedbyscreamingandarushbythousandsofpeopletryingtoescapethebuilding.Avideo
postedonTwittershowedfans,manyofthemyoung,runningfromthevenue.
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5/23/2017 19DeadInExplosionAtArianaGrande'sConcertInManchester:BritishPolice

"Weweremakingourwayoutandwhenwewererightbythedoortherewasamassiveexplosion
andeverybodywasscreaming,"concertgoerCatherineMacfarlanetoldReuters.

"Itwasahugeexplosionyoucouldfeelitinyourchest.Itwaschaotic.Everybodywasrunning
andscreamingandjusttryingtogetout."

AspokesmanforArianaGrande,23,saidthesingerwas"okay".

ManchesterArena,thelargestindoorarenainEurope,openedin1995andisapopularconcert
andsportingvenue.

Britainisonitssecondhighestalertlevelof"severe"meaninganattackbymilitantsisconsidered
highlylikely.

Britishcounterterrorismpolicehavesaidtheyaremakingonaverageanarresteverydayin
connectionwithsuspectedterrorism.

InMarch,aBritishbornconverttoIslamploughedacarintopedestriansonLondon'sWestminster
Bridge,killingfourpeople,beforestabbingtodeathapoliceofficerwhowasonthegroundsof
parliament.Hewasshotdeadatthescene.
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