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[Gnome Scat]

Horrible, RIP to those who died.

 

[paperspace]

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[Fantastical]

Even with 19 killed, and 50 injured, that's still one hell of a nail bomb. That or the bomber just got in the absolutely perfect spot to do the most damage.

The blast from that dashboard cam sounded quite big.

 

[NewDust]

Is that ISIS Twitter pic confirmed fake?

Was just gonna ask thisaswell

a reply in a tweetchain of the pic:

This was posted 6:32 Texas Time = 0:00 GMT . This was NOT Posted BEFORE THE ATTACK

account has been suspended so not able to fact check the statement.

 

[Pancake Mix]

Wish this shit would stop. Unbelievably horrible.

What are extremists with that worldview doing in England?

 

[Weckum]

Terrorist attack confirmed then?

Nothing confirmed yet except for:

- Explosion
- 19 dead, about 50 dead

 

[kaiju]

These tweets were sent a few hours before the incident, account now deleted. Take with grain of salt but a bit unnerving to say the least.

 

[TheMagician]

I walk through Victoria under the arena steps every single day.

I feel sick. Can't sleep now.

 

[nature boy]

Unfortunately, the experts who predicted the UK would eventually suffer from a terrorist attack apparently were right. Terrifying when the UK has some of the best security services.

RIP to all the victims

 

[Oregano]

They have to treat it as an attack until they know otherwise. That's just standard protocol.

 

[bsp]

Terrorist attack confirmed then?

No, loose reports that injuries share the profile of a nail bomb but that is far from confirmed.

 

[Wvrs]

I've got friends in Manchester, doubt any of them would be at that concert but all the same, closest to home stuff like this has ever been for me.

 

[Jason Frost]

Jesus fucking Christ after every title updates.

 

[iMax]

Terrorist attack confirmed then?

Unconfirmed reports of a nail bomb, local hospitals treating shrapnel-type wounds. GMP treating it as a terror incident at this present stage.

 

[Elfstruck]

So sad ;_;

 

[sflufan]

Wish this shit would stop. Unbelievably horrible.

What are extremists with that worldview doing in England?

Certain parts of English cities have long been a hotbed of "radical extremism".

 

[Weckum]

These tweets were sent a few hours before the incident, account now deleted. Take with grain of salt but a bit unnerving to say the least.

Yeah, take this with a grain of salt.

 

[Yamauchi]

Yes. It must have been quite powerful. They said it was in the foyer toward the end of the concert, so it was likely a very crowded spot.

Obviously unconfirmed. Sky News just reported differently.

 

[Audioboxer]

Terrorist attack confirmed then?

Police are treating it as a terrorist attack. It's all over the last few pages?

 

[RPGCrazied]

RIP. Horrible. Still nothing from Trump. What a leader.

 

[FeenixRising]

Yo... stop posting tweets from non-official sources SHIT.

Like damn that is the most infuriating thing that happens during events like these.

 

[Auctopus]

RIP to all involved. Absolutely heinous.

These seem to keep happening prior to political votes/events too.

 

[iMax]

These tweets were sent a few hours before the incident, account now deleted. Take with grain of salt but a bit unnerving to say the least.

What source says it was posted 3 hours before? No time zone listed.

edit: Also date format strongly implies a US time zone. That means ET at the earliest, so 23:32 UK time, which is when the news broke.

 

[Camper Van Beethoven]

Yo... stop posting tweets from non-official sources SHIT.

Like damn that is the most infuriating thing that happens during events like these.

I thought it was all the deaths. Huh.

 

[FTF]

So sad

 

[Herr Schwarz]

Police are treating it as a terrorist attack. It's all over the last few pages?

A large explosion will always be treated as a terrorist attack as they probably have protocols in place to respond to anything explosion related formulated as part of their terrorist response teams.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

RIP. Horrible. Still nothing from Trump. What a leader.

The UK has barely said anythhing official, why the hell would any other country even begin to start commenting?

 

[sflufan]

Unfortunately, the experts who predicted the UK would eventually suffer from a terrorist attack apparently were right. Terrifying when the UK has some of the best security services.

RIP to all the victims

The UK has suffered from terrorist incidents from either Irish Republicans or Islamists for a very, very long time, so such prognostication by "experts" isn't particularly insightful.

 

[Kadin]

So now they're saying a 'device went off' on Sky News?

 

[Mindwipe]

Yeah, take this with a grain of salt.

There were a lot of false "here is a social media claim that happened before the attack" tweets with the Westminster incident, so I'm not sure I'd buy that yet.

Not least because those tweets feel like something the UK security services would have jumped on very quickly.

 

[Lord Frieza]

I thought it was all the deaths. Huh.

Don't be an ass, you know what he means.

 

[Oregano]

I've got friends in Manchester, doubt any of them would be at that concert but all the same, closest to home stuff like this has ever been for me.

Some of my friends were there, luckily they are okay as far as I know. I probably knew quite a few people working there tonight as well. Really not a good feeling.

 

[Acorn]

Can we stop treating social media as if it's a reputable news agency? Please.

 

[Miles X]

The UK has barely said anythhing official, why the hell would any other country even begin to start commenting?

Every single post of his on this site has Trump in it, don't be surprised.

 

[milkham]

RIP. Horrible. Still nothing from Trump. What a leader.

I'm no fan of Trump but I don't think people rushing to comment on this as it's developing should be a thing.

 

[broncobuster]

RIP to the victims.

 

[Little Old Man]

IIRC you go upstairs in Victoria station, and then there's a foyer with a McDonalds, other fast food places, etc, and some stairs which connect into the arena right? Is that the main entrance into the arena?

 

[Wes]

BBC RADIO FIVE LIVE:

Media told to move urgently by police. Second suspect device. Controlled explosion due.

Edit: Officers on the ground told him to move back 200ft.

 

[Boy Wander]

Unfortunately, the experts who predicted the UK would eventually suffer from a terrorist attack apparently were right. Terrifying when the UK has some of the best security services.

RIP to all the victims

This sort of stuff was inevitable given the amount of radicalised muslims in this country. No doubt the security services have foiled plots in the past that we'll never know about. This is a new low though - targeting somewhere where there are unaccompanied kids. Fucking despicable.

 

[ZeoVGM]

RIP. Horrible. Still nothing from Trump. What a leader.

Stop.

 

[RPGCrazied]

I'm no fan of Trump but I don't think people rushing to comment on this as it's developing should be a thing.

Obama did every single time one of these happened. He was always in front of a podium talking about it.

I'm done. I said this is horrible and rip to the victims.

 

[Realyn]

RIP. Horrible. Still nothing from Trump. What a leader.

Congrats on finding something to shit on. Go on and say the same about pretty much other leader who haven't said anything. Because we don't know/they don't want to go public yet.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Wow, what on earth

I live in Manchester city centre about 15 minutes from here, I was at a graduation ball this evening and am just hearing about this


Terrible..

 

[GoldenCrow]

IIRC you go upstairs in Victoria station, and then there's a foyer with a McDonalds, other fast food places, etc, and some stairs which connect into the arena right? Is that the main entrance into the arena?

One of them.

 

[GoldenDarkness]

RIP. Horrible. Still nothing from Trump. What a leader.

Oh come on, a president shouldn't be rushing into this. You're taking advantage of this just to attack him now.

 

[Broken Joystick]

RIP. Horrible. Still nothing from Trump. What a leader.

Oh shut up.

 

[Moa]

Source: https://twitter.com/ManchesterArena/status/866808098798927873/photo/1

 

[SOR5]

IIRC you go upstairs in Victoria station, and then there's a foyer with a McDonalds, other fast food places, etc, and some stairs which connect into the arena right? Is that the main entrance into the arena?

That's the one, it's a wide open area with one McDonald's in the corner

 

[GreyWind]

Just sad and the majority were kids in that concert. :'(

 

[nature boy]

The UK has suffered from terrorist incidents from either Irish Republicans or Islamists for a very, very long time, so such prognostication by "experts" isn't particularly insightful.

True, but I was referring to the context of previous terror attacks (France, Germany, Belgium).