Over 20 dead at the men arena

Not sounding good

Hope it's not what we are all probably thinking! 

Edit: posted at same time.

Apparently there are casualties.  Unsure of whether a gunshot, explosion or a speaker blowing up.  From the mess on the first pic it lookd more than a speaker or a gun shot

The first pic is inside the men? 

How would a speaker cause all that?

karlypants wrote:The first pic is inside the men? 

How would a speaker cause all that?

Thats what i thought.  Ive tried to enlarge it to see if it is debris or not.......but i dont think it is.  

y2johnny wrote:

karlypants wrote:The first pic is inside the men? 

How would a speaker cause all that?

Thats what i thought.  Ive tried to enlarge it to see if it is debris or not.......but i dont think it is.  

Looks like bodies all over especially the one dressed in all white...

Jonathan Yates, who attended the gig, said: 'As the Ariana Grande concert finished there bangs like gunshots - it was terrifying so many people running and crying.' 


There were thousands of people trying to get out at once. They were all screaming and crying. The whole place smelt smokey and burnt.

Hopefully it is a speaker and the people on the floor are from trying to get out and are okay.  My mate is there with his daughter. Her first gig.

y2johnny wrote:Hopefully it is a speaker and the people on the floor are from trying to get out and are okay.  My mate is there with his daughter. Her first gig.

Hope they are safe Johnny!

Im up at 4 but cant see me getting much kip tonight.  Apparently it was heard quite far away.

Tweet just now from Greater Manchester Police -

Emergency services responding to serious incident at Manchester Arena. Avoid the area. More details will follow as soon as available

The Sun tweeting -

Manchester Victoria Station has shut down all services following 'incident' at #ManchesterArena.

Its all over Sky news serious incident say police nothing confirmed

There are a number of fatalities that have been confirmed according to the BBC.

Ffs.  Apparently witness report sing one went off and everyone went running in one direction and another went off in the direction they was running in. 

The first picture i posted is a fake apparently. It's from a training exercise a few years ago.

It's more of a geared up concert for kids as well the cowardly bastard who has done this.

Witness on the Beeb said the explosion was where the box office is. 

The force was that big it threw him back through some doors.

He said he saw around 20/30 people on the floor not moving.

Bomb disposal units have now arrived at the scene.

NHS sources are saying the explosion at Manchester Arena was a nail bomb attack. Still unconfirmed.

Tom Newton Dunn - Political editor of the Sun.