Over 20 dead at the men arena

Our thoughts from across the pond are with all of you in the Northwest.

Suicide bomber. 22 dead including children.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40010124

Looks like the first picture was actually real Johnny!

Horrific.

Thoughts are with the family's of the bereaved and those injured.

The flags at the Macron Stadium are being flown at half mast today in honour of the MEN Arena victims. #WeStandTogether #BWFC

Absolutely devastating what's happened and like everyone else, thoughts are with those affected. 

Some of the stuff I've seen on social media today though worries me. 

Quote from someone I know on Facebook - "I agree with trump now. We should just bomb the shit out of Syria. Enough is enough now." 

Obviously this sort of attack brings out the best of people as Manchester has shown but it also brings out the worst. You don't need to be the sharpest knife in the drawer to see what's wrong with that statement so I won't bother explaining it but it just shows the idiotic mentality of some people.

Uk security and terrorism expert: He says the problem is not just a security issue, but also a political, cultural, ideological and mental health one. 


How to combat all these problems before many other atrocities occur into the future?

Arndale Centre has now just been evacuated...

Bloody terrible. This one hits home more than any other attack because it's so close to where we live/work.

I can't imagine what it's like to be a parent of a missing child right now. My heart goes out to them.

There are some lovely people on Twitter offering their thoughts:

I'm, as usual in these incidents, at a loss to understand how the plebs can believe they are off to get their 40 virgins in paradise. If that was the case, wouldn't their masters be scrambling to be head of the queue.
It's also 4th anniversary of Lee Rigby's death and some groups love to commit crimes on anniversaries. 
I think it was the IRA who coined the phrase, "We only have to be lucky once. You have to be lucky every time."
Time to stay calm and let justice run its course.
RIP those poor kids.

There aren't any words.

Islamic state have claimed responsibility

BoltonTillIDie wrote:Islamic state have claimed responsibility

Of course they have. 

They always do.

This clown has probably never been anywhere near a training camp in Pakistan or Afghanistan and wouldn't know an IS commander if he popped up in his bedroom and shouted "Alluah Akhbar" at him but they'll still claim ownership of this.

Because it benefits them to do so.

ISIS isn't so much an organisation as a philosophy.

And that's where the real problems lie when idiots like Trump start banging on about "smashing" ISIS.

You can't.

It's like trying to smash water. But it's a useful slogan if you're trying to get scared racists to vote for you.

i can't say too much obviously but my Hospital was on major alert last night and is dealing with a lot of the kids who were injured.
Manchester is now my home and i'm so proud of everyone here, from the taxi drivers taking people home for free, the people living nearby offering somewhere to go if they were stuck and of course to all the many healthcare professionals who just turned up at the site or Hospitals to offer their help. I was half expecting to be called in as well as i deal with procurement of medicines in the Pharmacy.

Targeting a concert that they knew would be mainly full of children is despicable and as low as you can get, as a parent my heart goes out to anyone who has kids or loved ones who has been affected by this

I managed to get to sleep about half two this morning (not complaining, im grateful i could go to sleep knowing my loved ones where safe knowing others werent so fortunate)

I was in a rush getting ready this morning and headed off down to rugby at 5am.

Listening to radio 2, half way down the m6, i think it finally sunk in and im not ashamed to say i got upset.

It is absolutely senseless and nothing to do with religion.  Many of the nurses and doctors treating the injured last night will of been muslim and im thankful for them.

What im not thankful for is people scare mongering and condemning and categorising people due to their beliefs anf labelling them as all the same.

And for the second time today im sat staring at the tv in utter disbelief as the second victim is confirmed as an 8 year old.  My son is 8.  I just can't beleive it

One of the first named dead, Georgina Callender, played for BWFC under 11 ladies team. That brings this appalling tragedy closer to home when we we can say that one of our own has lost her life

Words fail me to say any more.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is shocked to hear that Georgina Callander has been the first victim named in the horrific attack at Manchester Arena.
Georgina played in the club's Under-11s ladies team in 2010 under the management of Jayne Jackson, who still works at Bolton Wanderers Community Trust.
Our thoughts and prayers are with her friends and family during this awful time of loss.
Georgina and all will be remembered at our Annual Memorial Service tonight.
There will also be a minute’s silence before the first team ladies' friendly against Wigan Athletic tomorrow evening at Macron Stadium, where the team will wear black armbands.
Club Chaplain Phil Mason

https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2017/may/club-mourns-georgina-callander/



Just 18 years old.

R.I.P.

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