Terrorist Attack in Manchester (Read MOD WARNING in OP Updated 24/05/2017))

23-05-2017 12:23am

Copper_pipe wrote: »

https://twitter.com/pavbeee/status/866794833456893953

I would assume that bomb disposal vehicles would be normal at the site of any explosion without a known cause right now?

Some harrowing stuff on Twitter - a Holiday Inn supposedly has 50+ children that have become disconnected from their guardians.

_Whimsical_ · 23-05-2017 12:23am

This news has just left me feeling sick tonight.

If it's a bomb it's horribly cynical placement, that place will be full of terrified, hysterical girls, it won't be like a football match where you'll have adults more able to fight their way out and through.
I'm not saying it would be less awful if it were a male adult attended thing, it's just I can really viscerally imagine the horror of so many young girls in one place without as many adults as they'd need in such a situation. It's chilling. I wouldn't be able to look at videos.

La.de.da · 23-05-2017 12:24am

Horrible, horrible incident.
Heart goes out to the kids and parents at that concert.

Can't even enjoy an evening out. Dreadful.

Old_-_School · 23-05-2017 12:24am

Dozens now reported dead

gandalf · 23-05-2017 12:25am

Danzy wrote: »

Yes and the Manchester Police and British News Services and Govt. are letting ideal speculation run riot for the hell of it.

Seriously man are you a Breitbart editor?

No but until the authorities confirm what happened it's all speculation :rolleyes:

buried · 23-05-2017 12:25am

The twitter stuff is brutal, all the poor people looking for their kids. Shocking, shocking stuff.

RayM · 23-05-2017 12:26am

JCX BXC wrote: »

Anyone who has been to a concert knows of how the stampedes can be so severe. The videos are very chilling.

Even when leaving a normal concert at the O2, when you can feel the crowd pushing from behind, a sense of mild panic can set in. I've seen videos of the Hillsborough disaster and the Bradford City stadium fire and can't imagine the absolute horror of fleeing somewhere for your life.

Itssoeasy · 23-05-2017 12:26am

Gamebred wrote: »

Presume it would be confirmed as terror by this stage?

JCX BXC wrote: »

Being treated as a terrorist incident according to BBC Radio 5 live

Yeah they said the police are saying that until they are told otherwise.

Richard Hillman · 23-05-2017 12:26am

It would be strange for a gas explosion as all of the vendors for food/drink etc would have been well shut down by the end of the concert. Usually after gigs at the Point there may be only 1 bar open by the end. They generally want people out of Arenas pretty quickly during a normal event.

JCX BXC · 23-05-2017 12:26am

gandalf wrote: »

No but until the authorities know the reason it's all speculation :rolleyes:

Shut the thread so?

All points in one direction.

I hear that many hotels are taking in children in order to accommodate them and have a telephone number for parents to ring.

Danzy · 23-05-2017 12:26am

gandalf wrote: »

No but until the authorities confirm what happened it's all speculation :rolleyes:

They know the reason but they just need to clarify it, given their statements to date, what has been released officially and unofficially we already know what they are treating it as.

ceadaoin. · 23-05-2017 12:27am

ThisRegard wrote: »

Accidents resulting in deaths or injuries are also treated as crime scenes.

gandalf wrote: »

Well if it's an explosion because of an accident caused by negligence it would also make it a crime scene.

smelly sock wrote: »

You'd still urge caution labelling it as that though. Might be the police ensuring the response is what it should be in the event it turns out to be terrorism.

Highly doubt the police would come out and say it was a terrorist incident if there was any possibility it was an accident

smelly sock · 23-05-2017 12:27am

Looking through all of the news agencies nobody has a clue what caused it.

Id have assumed if it were terror we'd know after 2 hours.

To me it doesnt have the hallmark of islamic terror. Nowhere near it.

23-05-2017 12:27am

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

This news has just left me feeling sick tonight.
If it's a bomb it's horribly cynical placement, that place will be full of terrified, hysterical girls, it won't be like a football match where you'll have adults more able to fight their way out and through.
I'm not saying it would be less awful if it were a male adult attended thing, it's just I can really viscerally imagine the horror of so many young girls in one place without as many adults as they'd need in such a situation. It's chilling. I wouldn't be able to look at videos.

Also as sad ... the guardians that didn't want to be there, but had to so that their child could.

Saw one photo of an injured middle-aged man being carried out with injuries to his legs.

cherryghost · 23-05-2017 12:28am

Transformer explosion? Sounds like it

RobertKK · 23-05-2017 12:28am

These events whatever the cause, would brings tears to one's eyes.

ThisRegard · 23-05-2017 12:28am

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Highly doubt the police would come out and say it was a terrorist incident if there was any possibility it was an accident

They didn't.

Cheerful Spring · 23-05-2017 12:28am

I just saw lot of bodies on the floor on Twitter, terrible. This looks like a terrorist attack to me.

Richard Hillman · 23-05-2017 12:29am

Tim Farron (Leader of the Lib Dems) is calling it "An Attack". That is a very strong statement from somebody from the Lib Dems.

https://twitter.com/MarcStevenPhoto/status/866793290846359553

Copper_pipe · 23-05-2017 12:29am

Cheerful Spring wrote: »

I just saw lot of bodies on the floor on Twitter, terrible. This looks like a terrorist attack to me.

Lot of dodgy tweets floating about

23-05-2017 12:29am

Armed police have just pulled someone from a car.

https://twitter.com/DrNinja_/status/866792307907055617

AllForIt · 23-05-2017 12:29am

Tim Farron, leader of the UK liberal party is calling it a terrorist attack. Wonder why he would call it an attack when it's not been officially confirmed.