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[PantherLotus]

https://twitter.com/gmpolice/status/866786909544230912

^that's the verified account confirming.

 

[Meowster]

Praying for everyone there.

 

[Bo-Locks]

I live 250m away. Bang was loud as fuck.

In the Green Quarter?

I was at my girlfriends place in the gq earlier on and thankfully left just before this.

 

[dc89]

Been to many shows there. Adele last year and The Weeknd just a few weeks ago.
You don't think something like this would happen in a venue you have had many happy memories at.
Saddening.

 

[plagiarize]

Just spoke to one of my friends they're okay, phew.

Glad to read that. All my friends in the area seem to be safe, including a friend of mine who has been to over 2000 concerts, who was my number one concern, obviously.

 

[butzopower]

Terrible

 

[Prompto]

.

Damn

 

[xxracerxx]

Fatalities.

Fuck.

 

[axisofweevils]

Welp. Stay safe everyone.

 

[Meadows]

Fuck

 

[iMax]

Pinch of salt here, but seems like there is a dashcam video that catches whatever it was. Look to the left at 7 seconds. You can hear it too.

And yes, the dashcam timestamp says 9:30, but that could just be the camera hasn't adjusted for daylight savings, it was reported around 10:30.

edit: forgot the link https://twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

That's not a blown speaker. That's an explosion. Could be electrical. No reason to believe deliberate at this time.

 

[Scum]

Fuck. Stay safe all.

 

[Syder]

Oh, damn...

Hope this was just an accident.

 

[victreeb3l]

Fuck RIP to the deceased.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

edit: forgot the link https://twitter.com/JoeAaronGregory/status/866784565821677569

Never gonna feel right seeing these posts and then replies like "Hey X, are you alright? Also, can we use this video?"

Just disingenuous concern to make the ghoulish post seem more polite.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

RIP to those that passed.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

There's a video claiming to be people leaving the arena, taken from inside. Doesn't look like the explosion happened inside the arena. Outside? it happened just after the concert finished.

 

[Wyndstryker]

RIP to the victims.

Hopefully it's just a bad pyrotechnic accident or something and not something involving someone with malicious intent.

 

[Zelias]

Fuck. Stay safe Manchester-Gaf, and RIP to the dead :/

 

[~Kinggi~]

well this is gonna be bad, in every aspect.

 

[Breakage]

Hearing the eyewitness speaking on BBC news and it sounds like it was a very powerful explosion.

 

[cebri.one]

Oh fuck. My partner and daughter are there and can't get hold of them

Hope they are OK.

 

[Certinty]

I feel sick. Hopefully deaths are at a very minimum.

 

[TimmmV]

I'm about 15 mins walk from there, heard the bang and didn't think anything of it :/

Can hear helicopters flying around now too, this is really weird

Was going to say that hope everyone is ok, but apparently its been confirmed thats not the case already

 

[Meadows]

It's weird nothing about this seems like a bomb in terms of the lack of damage and nobody saw the blast.

I wonder if the deaths were from a crush

 

[| Praxis |]

There's a video claiming to be people leaving the arena, taken from inside. Doesn't look like the explosion happened inside the arena. Outside? it happened just after the concert finished.

Yeah, if that dashcam captured it it must have been outside or near enough.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

This is crazy. Fatalities? The audience is all kids.

 

[FTF]

oh Fuck. Hope the casualty count isn't too high :/

 

[Captain Tuttle]

terrible terrible

 

[cyberheater]

Just terrible.

 

[MatthewB92]

Wow..... Hope everyone is alright.

 

[Little Old Man]

Per Sky News: witnesses point to two explosions, possibly towards the bar area.

 

[Sickboy007]

Never gonna feel right seeing these posts and then replies like "Hey X, are you alright? Also, can we use this video?"

Just disingenuous concern to make the ghoulish post seem more polite.

It's not politeness, it's due diligence and proper sourcing.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Oh fuck. My partner and daughter are there and can't get hold of them

Phones and internet will be overwhelmed at this point so try not to think the worst. Hope they're okay.

 

[pulsemyne]

Oh god the description on the BBC is...urgh...also holy shit that picture on twitter could be true...fuck.

 

[Arials]

There's a scouse man on BBC news saying that he ran into the arena try and find his daughter and he saw a lot of fatalities, "20-30 people" seriously injured he's saying.

 

[WhateverItTakes]

Every time I hope it's something less I'm always disappointed...

RIP

 

[Herr Schwarz]

Man if it is just a stupid accident that created a loud noise I'll be upset as fuck.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Shit...

 

[MikeHattsu]

Manchester police confirming fatalities.

Damn

 

[TheLionsDen]

This is sad, especially considering the demographics that would likely attend an Ariana Grande concert.

Hope everyone there the best.

 

[RootCause]

THat's so depressing. Hope there aren't many fatalities.

 

[ronaldthump]

Wow. Is it terrorism? or an accident.

how awful

 

[johancruijff]

fucking terrible...

 

[GoldenCrow]

I knew something was wrong before I saw the news. Never heard emergency service like this before, they are going crazy.

 

[Symphonia]

Oh god the description on the BBC is...urgh...also holy shit that picture on twitter could be true...fuck.

If you're talking about the burned bodies, it's fake.

If you're talking about the blood on the floor by the doors, it's old.

Don't believe everything you see on Twitter.

 

[number11]

If this was terrorism (obviously all terrorism is horrible).. but how messed up can you be to target a bunch of teenage girls.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Man if it is just a stupid accident that created a loud noise I'll be upset as fuck.

I mean you should be upset about the loss of human life regardless of the cause. But what specifically would upset you about it being an accident?

 

[jamieson87]

Man if it is just a stupid accident that created a loud noise I'll be upset as fuck.

Excuse me?

 

[The Llama]

Jesus, this keeps getting worse as we find out more. Hope everything turns out ok...