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

[Aedus]

Someone there said an explosion of some sort, sounds like it was in the lobby:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=456413698028735&id=100009803251519

 

[MagicBoy]

ohh please, 90% of the thread is speculation, as is the press.

Confirmation that you just made that up for attention then.

 

[albert]

Exactly what I just said above in reference to my sisters friend who was there

Yeah, it looks like there are no armed Police there which seems pretty strange if it was a terrorist attack.

 

[Mynight]

ohh please, 90% of the thread is speculation, as is the press.

So did you just add to it?

 

[dowie]

ohh please, 90% of the thread is speculation, as is the press.

well why not cite the source then? I mean you don't have to give the full name and address of the person - but if your source is a friend who is say a police officer or something then why not just say that

 

[Robbo]

Dont think so sadly

Hard to tell at the moment, doesn't sound good though.

I doubt a balloon exploding (when there were balloons everywhere) would create that level of panic, nor would it be heard outside the arena from a few streets away, surely...

 

[Hades]

Manchester Transport police confirm the explosion was in the foyer of the stadium.

 

[Gustov]

Armed police and helicopters overhead in Manchester, around the corner from the arena. All roads into town blocked off

 

[Freakbro]

It sounds more and more not like a bomb, but the resulting chaos is what caused the deaths... Trampled etc


Especially as my sisters friends who were there, reported the same

It's both by the looks of it. The explosion in the foyer area then causes the panic inside the arena

 

[robgmun]

I can assure you Ariana Grande is fully grown adult woman and she wears a skirt on stage which is designed to expose her panties and all of her songs are about sex and how to have it.

And thatsssss bad?

 

[Strife212]

Yeah, it looks like there are no armed Police there which seems pretty strange if it was a terrorist attack.

They're swarming around the city centre though https://twitter.com/helenpidd/status/866785488329465857

 

[Vonhelmet]

Constantly on the defence aren't you.

You think it unreasonable to send armed police to a potential bomb situation?

 

[The_One]

Yeah, it looks like there are no armed Police there which seems pretty strange if it was a terrorist attack.

armed police are all over it!

 

[Gustov]

You think it unreasonable to send armed police to a potential bomb situation?

Huh? You've misinterpreted me...badly.

 

[Ayahuasca]

BTP said explosion in the foyer area near ticket office

Perfect place for a bomb and the timing seems to have been set towards the end as people leave, obviously this is just my own speculation.

 

[The_One]

just a speaker eh?

https://twitter.com/pavbeee/status/866794833456893953/photo/1

 

[Robbo]

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.

 

[Vonhelmet]

just heard it was a suicide bomber, I cant tell you my source sry

My totally uncorroborated source (press photographer with journalist friends) says a transformer in the roof blew up.

 

[Matteysan]

To be clear this is the picture through the doors with the red and white metro link sign?

Because it doesn't really look like an exercise.

Got to be honest I'm going on the 1000's of tweets that have been debunking it. I've tried image searching it on Google but comes up with nothing.

 

[Vonhelmet]

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.

Twenty? Fudge.