Manchester Bombing *** Please remain respectful and refrain from antagonising posts ***

[albert]

Sky News now saying possible terrorist incident

 

[dowie]

Twitter: Oldham hospital is on lock down now, unconfirmed gun shots!

jeez... followup attack at the hospital is utterly evil (if true)

 

[Soviet]

Update from the Beeb:

The North West Counter Terrorism Unit is treating the incident in Manchester as a possible terrorist incident, sources said.

Senior national Counter-Terrorism officers are assembling in London and are liaising with the Home Office.

Early estimates put the number of fatalities in double figures, but these are very early stages.

 

[Caged]

From a quick browse there's an awful lot of absolute toss being posted by troll Twitter accounts, so just be sceptical.

 

[Judgeneo]

Twitter: Oldham hospital is on lock down now, unconfirmed gun shots!

Only seen one tweet about that, hopefully not true.

20 confirmed dead already. Almost certain that this is an attack now.

 

[terley]

In one of the videos, you can hear someone shout " It's just a Balloon ", while everyone else is running

A woman on BBC news said they were telling the kids it was just a balloon to calm them down

 

[gavinh87]

Tommy Robinsons Twitter (yeah I know) has screenshots of someone claiming to be part of Islamic state taking credit for this.

 

[Neil79]

A woman on BBC news said they were telling the kids it was just a balloon to calm them down

Didn't work

On another note, IF it does turn out to be an attack, I hope we don't all start holding hands and saying " We will not be beaten ".. As if that does anything!

 

[Gustov]

Tommy Robinsons Twitter (yeah I know) has screenshots of someone claiming to be part of Islamic state taking credit for this.

Seen that - they would love to take credit for it even if it wasn't them so that means nothing.

 

[thenewoc]

It was in the foyer/entrance way....so not inside the arena.

Plus, at the end of the concert security wouldn't be checking people like before the gig

Yeah possible deficiency in security at entrances/exits and perimeter following the end of a major event.

 

[BaZ87]

Seen that - they would love to take credit for it even if it wasn't them so that means nothing.

And Tommy Robinson would love nothing more than for them to be responsible. You could sense the excitement in his tweets.

 

[Twentyone]

Tommy Robinsons Twitter (yeah I know) has screenshots of someone claiming to be part of Islamic state taking credit for this.

They take credit for everything no matter what. Some pre-ISIS group claimed the 22nd July attack right away.

 

[ScoTTyBEEE]

Looks like that Oldham hospital thing was a fake tweet

 

[Aedus]

Reports of the gunman outside the hospital are apparently false.

 

[Rotty]

Tommy Robinsons Twitter (yeah I know) has screenshots of someone claiming to be part of Islamic state taking credit for this.

he may be right but he's just being an opportunist **** as usual I suspect

 

[Judgeneo]

Seen that - they would love to take credit for it even if it wasn't them so that means nothing.

Indeed. However this is the anniversary of the murder of Lee Rigby. Let's not jump to conclusions just yet though.

 

[gavinh87]

Video suggests nail bomb was used

 

[The_One]

its anniversary of lee rigby too

 

[dowie]

Tommy Robinsons Twitter (yeah I know) has screenshots of someone claiming to be part of Islamic state taking credit for this.

it is just a picture of (supposedly) a tweet - though can't find the actual account?

 

[Mynight]

Video suggests nail bomb was used

Video?