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[PizzaFace]

This was on reddit. Can anyone confirm if this is legit?

SFW

Blast in the left building at 0:07 seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

It certainly seems legit

 

[Madness]

It won't necessarily be clear what could have caused the explosion for some time. The police urging caution under those circumstances is not surprising. This sort of speculation ought to be a bannable offense and I wish the NeoGAF moderators would take it more seriously.

Well you are not a moderator. So take the backseat modding elsewhere as it IS a bannable offense.

Edit: How dare I speculate it is an attack...

 

[Broken Joystick]

This was on reddit. Can anyone confirm if this is legit?

SFW

Blast in the left building at 0:07 seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

It's real. Posted earlier and Sky News have used it.

 

[Jawbreaker]

This was on reddit. Can anyone confirm if this is legit?

SFW

Blast in the left building at 0:07 seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

Yeah, that's legit.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/866801704318238721

Jezza getting hammered by trolls saying it better not be the IRA. Theres some real crazies out there.

 

[Breakage]

BBC News reporter speaking on BBC Five Live. He spoke to two Volunteer Paramedics who were at the concert (in that capacity) said that some of the injuries they treated was due to "lots of metal flying around" and they saw/treated wounds that were "shrapnel like".

Also mentioned, it is being treated as a Terrorist incident by police until otherwise ordered (as would be expected).

Damn, sounds like a nail bomb. Reporter on LBC radio saying journos saying it was kind of device.

 

[Kadin]

This was on reddit. Can anyone confirm if this is legit?

SFW

Blast in the left building at 0:07 seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

It's been posted a number of times, the guy who took it said it's legit although the time was off because he didn't adjust for a time change.

 

[RangerX]

That sound like a huge explosion in the video that sky news are showing. Not a lot of point in speculating with so little Information. Fair play to the emergency services for responding so efficiently. Thinking of those who have died.

 

[A-V-B]

local news saying it was a nail bomb

Jesus

 

[Quixzlizx]

Someone needs to put this in the OP so people stop asking about exploding helium.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Does she use Pyro effects at her shows?

Maybe it was a tank or something like that?

This was after the show, so any pyro effects would have been over by then.

 

[adamy]

This was on reddit. Can anyone confirm if this is legit?

SFW

Blast in the left building at 0:07 seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

news been playing that clip constantly so I'd imagine it is likely legit

 

[MIMIC]

This was on reddit. Can anyone confirm if this is legit?

SFW

Blast in the left building at 0:07 seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

MSNBC used it, so it's probably legit.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Yes, this image is probably fake and there are few images that get trotted out on social media every time there's a terrorist incident but if you look around there are videos/pictures too graphic for mainstream news that seem far too difficult to fake that point towards this being an attack of some kind.

Can you edit that out, I tried to un-embed it, but a mod deleted it, so I assume it's not allowed to be posted.

 

[BraXzy]

This was on reddit. Can anyone confirm if this is legit?

SFW

Blast in the left building at 0:07 seen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

Yeah this has since been aired on news channels.

Twitter: Armed police arresting a driver in the middle of a crossroad

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

 

[Kinyou]

Fuck, this sounds horrible. And all of that at a concert where most of the people will be kids.

 

[Mortemis]

Horrifying news. Doesn't sound like a freak accident, but I'll wait for confirmation of what did it.

Hope the best for those affected.

 

[| Praxis |]

Looks like some type of nail bomb

If this is true... Sickening.

To attack a place predominantly filled with children and parents. How anyone can justify this baffles the mind.

 

[adamy]

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

 

[LiK]

Make sure to only post from official sources! Man, I hate people posting fake shit on social media.

 

[Hex]

Very messed up, though I think it is good and bad that we have not heard more.
I want them to have facts, but if it is taking this long to get facts it is vexing.
I do not want this to be negligence of stupid balloons yet I also do not want it to be an attack. Fucking Trump would have a field day.



I remember an episode of NCIS (I do not usually watch it, though I do love NCIS :NO) but they did a test to do the perfect terrorist hit and Abbie the forensic chick came up with one where they used Balloons at a major event that would explode and send chemical weapons into the air, and they had a second bit of them near the air intake.
Always weird.

 

[Wes]

Only thing that seems to be getting agreed upon by witness accounts is that the explosion took place near a foyer location around the start of the encore.

 

[NH Apache]

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

Who? BBC?

 

[BraXzy]

Damn the police cordon goes all the way to the edge of Urbis

https://twitter.com/hannahalothman/status/866797714276831232

 

[Beefy]

Yeah, this isn't looking like a accident

 

[MatthewB92]

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

Oh god... I hope not.

 

[NihonTiger90]

If it was near the box office, then it would be a high-traffic area:

Car park entrance and the entrance to Victoria Station are both right next to it.

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

Could be bomb squad. They were reported there earlier.

 

[Lord Frieza]

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

Is this a new explosion, or is this the second one as previously reported?

Jezza getting hammered by trolls saying it better not be the IRA. Theres some real crazies out there.

Are the IRA still hugely active in England?

 

[Insane Metal]

So apparently it's a terror attack?

This is so sad.

 

[adamy]

Who? BBC?

I'm watching channel 11 (los angeles)

 

[ClosingADoor]

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

Where?

This is starting to look worse and worse.

 

[Dirca]

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

"They're"? Dammit, pronouns pal

 

[Herr Schwarz]

Fucking nail bomb? that's some old school shit isn't it from the IRA days ?

 

[PizzaFace]

theyre now reporting a second explosion at Victoria station

Who are? You can't just make post like this ffs....

 

[Kadin]

So apparently it's a terror attack?

This is so sad.

Where is this confirmed?

 

[Moskalova]

UPDATE: BBC cites witness who saw 20 to 30 people on the ground in Manchester Arena

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/866802247325409280

 

[Clegg]

Is this a new explosion, or is this the second one as previously reported?



Are the IRA still hugely active in England?

There is no IRA anymore.

Dissidents and splinter groups but there's no main organisation.

 

[entremet]

Yeah, this isn't looking like a accident

Never looked liked one based on initial reports, especially when injuries photos came out.

 

[Audioboxer]

Only thing that seems to be getting agreed upon by witness accounts is that the explosion took place near a foyer location around the start of the encore.

BBC report police are saying this as well, explosion in the foyer. The panicking in the main concert hall from earlier videos is obviously not the foyer.

 

[iMax]

Witness on Sky News describes crowds "flooding through foyer doors" after a man shouted "run".

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Is this a new explosion, or is this the second one as previously reported?



Are the IRA still hugely active in England?

Hugely, no. A few years ago they dropped off bombs - thankfully caught before they detonated - in army recruitment centres.

 

[D4Danger]

I'm watching channel 11 (los angeles)

don't know where they're getting their info from but there's nothing about this on any uk news channel

 

[MIMIC]

BBC I'm watching (BBC World News) now confirms that it's being treated as a "possible terrorism incident." No official casualties from them yet, but said it might be in the "double figures."

 

[Netherscourge]

Fuck. This shit never ends.

Stay safe people.

 

[Oregano]

Victoria Station is directly connected to the Arena. It's not a different place.

 

[Felix Lighter]

I'm watching channel 11 (los angeles)

That's not what people would consider "local" news. People thought you meant news local to the incident.

 

[Herr Schwarz]

I don't mind speculation, but erroneous source reporting is bullshit.

 

[strafer]

What in the actual fuck

not a pic, just a tweet.

https://twitter.com/David_Leavitt/status/866790014717497345

 

[Kadin]

What in the actual fuck

not a pic, just a tweet.

*removed because to hell with giving him views*

what in the fuck...

 

[MatthewB92]

Anyone got a livestream of the news for someone in USA? can't find anything,