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

[Freakbro]

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

Yea, and a woman phoning in is saying she said the same thing, as an attempt to calm the panicking crowd

 

[dowie]

Some news sources suggest a bomb at Victoria metro station is where the bomb squad are heading

citations...

seriously just post a link - you previously referred to a picture as fake giving no reason - it isn't really useful

 

[mattyg]

They said no-one was checking bags for some reason.

They only really check for drink....The avg age of the attendees wouldn't really suggest alcohol consumption

 

[Rannoch]

Guys why don't you block each other instead of the bickering.

 

[Raz]

Saying that could also be someone who wanted some air time.

There's a joke in there somewhere given what happened to him, but definitely not the right time.

 

[Zenduri]

Someone else saying explosion

Seems like some foul play as their are deaths but then you have this ************ **** ......Blown 30 feet in the air... No he wasnt

 

[Robbo]

Yep, no more bickering please, let's focus on the event rather than being petty.

 

[Mynight]

There's a joke in there somewhere given what happened to him, but definitely not the right time.

... I hate you .

 

[TJM]

Not sure why NBC would know this, but:

NBC News: Law enforcement officials say at least 20 dead and hundreds have been injured following reports of an explosion in Manchester, UK.

One of their correspondents, Keir Simmons, is a former UK home affairs/crime hack. He would be well placed to find out.

 

[Fishbait]

Armed police also dragging someone out of a car

Possibly just someone trying to get around or to maybe pick someone up in the area & in the wrong place at the wrong time?

 

[Freakbro]

If it is a bomb, how the hell did they get it in? I thought all bags and things were thoroughly checked?

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

 

[chrismscotland]

One of their correspondents, Keir Simmons, is a former UK home affairs/crime hack. He would be well placed to find out.

There seem to be a few news sources reporting that number or higher, I have a friend who's hotel room is overlooking the area and he's saying not many ambulances are actually leaving the site, mainly paramedics on-site.

 

[ScoTTyBEEE]

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

 

[StriderX]

How very unfortunate 3 weeks before a rather important election for where May's idea of authority just got all the ammo it needs today, especially due to it being kids. Regardless of this, my sympathies for the families involved.

 

[Fishbait]

Someone else saying explosion

Blown off of their feet & through two sets of doors?
Hope this isn't just someone grabbing attention in this incident, but seems off.

 

[Fishbait]

He sounds pretty good for someone having been thrown 30ft through some doors . Surely the force required for that would hospitalise someone .

Can't even imagine what all these families are going through right now .

Yeah, same thing I thought.

 

[silverblack]

BBC reporting deaths in double figures

 

[iamtheoneneo]

From the interviews it sounds like they spotted a bomb threat before it went off, seems like security were trying to stop people from entering the area (maybe bomb squad on their way already?) but it was too late.

 

[chrismscotland]

Seems those estimates o

From the interviews it sounds like they spotted a bomb threat before it went off, seems like security were trying to stop people from entering the area (maybe bomb squad on their way already?) but it was too late.

Sounds like a number of people have the stewards to thank for sending them a different way, some reports on Twitter that stewards were looking at an area in the upper tier before it happened.

 

[adolf hamster]

I was thinking the same. 30 feet?!

Yeah, i'm by no means a demo expert but you could take from that if true that:
A. Im amazed he has eardrums/wasnt hit with shrapnel
B. What he walked through after must have been a living hell
C. He must be pretty tough or pretty lucky to be uninjured from just the throw