Lord Frieza
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At this point, there's almost nothing to report outside what they did.
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22 dead, 59 injured in Manchester Arena explosion (Being treated as an attack)
- Thread starter E-phonk
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At this point, there's almost nothing to report outside what they did.
serenewarfare
Banned
What do you want them to say? We know so little about it right now.
Wet Bloodfart
Banned
I don't mean for this to seem distasteful, but has here been an update on the whereabouts/safety of Grande herself?
Herr Schwarz
Banned
Yeah I understand, like I said about clarity, it's all speculation until official sources can point to things specifically.
As with all social media. Still it is pretty grim.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Already copped it. Misread police statement.
seventynine
Member
What have you been told?
Felix Lighter
Member
What is your source?
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
You're telling me that fatalities and injuries don't happen during mass panics? When thousands of people are running over each other?
There was a false alarm in a mall in NC last year where there were multiple injuries and that was in a mall, where there is much more room to move.
MontyBrown
Banned
That dashcam footage from a parked car of the explosion makes it look quite big.
jamieson87
Member
By who?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Huh? What have you been told?
Jack Scofield
Member
You act like that's a ridiculous assumption when people hear about an explosion at a music concert.
Reports are that she is unharmed.
Yes. She's fine.
Saw this popping up on Twitter/Facebook an hour ago. I really hoped it was overstated but.. just checked and seen the fatalities confirmation. Fuck.
Thoughts go out to the friends and families of those affected. What an awful thing to happen, and the majority there will have been young based on the gig.
We live in scary ass times... I park down the road from the place. Do we know the cause of the explosions?
Thoughts go out to the friends and families of those affected. What an awful thing to happen, and the majority there will have been young based on the gig.
We live in scary ass times... I park down the road from the place. Do we know the cause of the explosions?
DarthMasta
Member
Condolences for the victims, I hoped we were still at the stage of confusion, but if there are confirmed fatalities... 
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
https://twitter.com/Iankershaw/status/866774171342209024 Seems this guy was there
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
Singers fine
I mean, who told you this?
fastford58
Member
Wait for it...
Monty Mole
Member
Manchester GAF reporting in. Fucking hell, this sounds horrific, it'll mostly be teens at this concert too. I feel sick. My friend works nearby, said there are police everywhere, evacuating surrounding areas and blocking incoming routes.
Daffy Duck
Member
Jesus, what horrible news.
The description on sky news sounds terrifying.
The description on sky news sounds terrifying.
Nihilistic Monk
Member
Just got the BBC newsflash about this. Manchester is my hometown (since moved away) I was in the city in 96 for the IRA attack as a teen. Horrifying to hear about this. Heartbroken.
Lord Frieza
Member
The odds of their being multiple fatalities from just that is I think pretty low of that is what he meant. We'll see, but I feel that's a grasp towards optimism
Check out @StrifeMagazine's Tweet: https://twitter.com/StrifeMagazine/status/866790478699782144?s=09
Some information for folks missing kids
Some information for folks missing kids
SomedayTheFire
Member
Yeah I saw this when he posted the original tweets. I was convinced there was nothing to this, now there's fatalities. So sad.
Jesus.
Damn, if this is true:
https://twitter.com/Iankershaw/status/866775694981955585
That would be horrible.
Sky News live feed: https://youtu.be/y60wDzZt8yg
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
It's not optimistic to learn that people died because large of groups of people are dangerous when scared, it's a dangerous reminder of how fragile we are. It's also actually very real, the Liverpool match crush shows exactly how bad these things can be.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Someone speaking to the BBC was thrown 30 feet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT4hMWlXsOs
Monty Mole
Member
FunkyMunkey
Banned
so some gas filled balloons popped and people panicked and trampled to get out? fuck my heart sunk. and so many kids there
Sooooooo....according to an eye witness on BBC News (inside the venue), the concert had just ended when the "noise" occurred. And then someone screamed "it's a bomb" and then panic ensured.
She reports that there was no smoke, light, or smell from the noise....just the "sound " (from her point of view, at least)
She reports that there was no smoke, light, or smell from the noise....just the "sound " (from her point of view, at least)
Garrett Hawke
Member
So it was a freak accident which caused a panic?
Very sad. RIP to the deceased.
Very sad. RIP to the deceased.
bangbang i'm a timpani
Banned
WaPo saying multiple deaths?
AcademicSaucer
Member
Thats a big explosion
Some of my friends were there, I've heard they're fine. Fright of my life. One of them said it was nothing like a balloon popping or a speaker blasting like some reports.... My god this is so close to me it's fucking horrible. I think all of my friends are okay, I don't know how many went to the concert.