Manchester Arena incident - many reported dead

[DaveCinzano]

Reports of ‘explosions’ or ‘gun shots’ at Manchester Arena tonight during Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, emergency services attending - any details yet?

ETA: to emphasise the as-yet-unconfirmed nature of the initial reports, have placed inverted commas above.

 

[ruffneck23]

link ? cant find anything, not doubting you tho , just on lbc

Two loud bangs heard at Manchester Arena described as 'explosions'

 

[DaveCinzano]

GMP holding statement asking people to stay away from the Arena:

 

[DaveCinzano]

link ? cant find anything, not doubting you tho

ATM it's all Twitter chatter and OMG and emoji overload and whatnot so far, apart from a couple of one-line news flashes, eg:

Emergency services rush to Manchester Arena | Daily Mail Online

 

[ruffneck23]

not that i really want to like it

 

[mwgdrwg]

All over Twitter, explosions or gunfire at Ariana Grande concert.

 

[DaveCinzano]

So far the most definitive thing seems to be that there were ‘two loud bangs’.

Two loud bangs heard at Manchester Arena described as 'explosions'

 

[MrSki]

According to eyewitness on 5 Live it was a shooting but that is second hand information as in she was told by passers by.

 

[Fingers]

Seen a photo on Twitter that does not look very nice but it may well be a troll on twitter or not what it is supposed to purport. Lets hope so.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Not seen anything so far from anyone claiming to have definitely seen exactly what happened first-hand - though plenty of people describing running away in fear.

(Interestingly the only person I have so far seen claiming that it has been ‘confirmed’ as the worst case scenario posted it to Gab, the alt-right associated social media platform )

 

[mauvais]

We've just been through there and there were cars parked literally everywhere. Bit odd but just figured something big was on. Lots of talk about two explosions.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Sky:

Reports of 'explosion' at Manchester Arena

 

[DaveCinzano]

Seen a photo on Twitter that does not look very nice but it may well be a troll on twitter or not what it is supposed to purport. Lets hope so.

A couple of people (well, probably more than that by now) have posted a picture without any context, only a hashtag, in somewhat dubious circumstances; currently getting serious drubbing from others saying it's not Manchester Arena etc.

 

[mauvais]

It is a picture from somewhere in Manchester - the Metrolink text & logo. Couldn't tell you where or when though.

 

[T & P]

Video seems to show people panicking and evacuating the venue but no obvious cause

Two loud bangs heard at Manchester Arena described as 'explosions'

 

[DaveCinzano]

It is a picture from somewhere in Manchester - the Metrolink text & logo. Couldn't tell you where or when though.

I've never even been to Manchester so am in no position to argue either way. But p8 of this Arena accessibility brochure indicates that it could be the ‘City Room’ exit shown at bottom left of the map.

https://www.manchester-arena.com/downloads/accessibility_information.pdf

 

[DaveCinzano]

Stop tweeting false news on what happened at Manchester arena until Ariana her crew or the police confirm it

 

[mauvais]

I've never even been to Manchester so am in no position to argue either way. But p8 of this Arena accessibility brochure indicates that it could be the ‘City Room’ exit shown at bottom left of the map.

https://www.manchester-arena.com/downloads/accessibility_information.pdf

Yeah it probably is there. But the arena has been around since the 90s so it could be a photo from long ago. I dunno, on balance it probably is from there and tonight but still doesn't tell you very much.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Yeah it probably is there. But the arena has been around since the 90s so it could be a photo from long ago. I dunno, on balance it probably is from there and tonight but still doesn't tell you very much.

True enough - without any context, explanation or provenance, it serves only to freak people out and/or make them angry.

 

[Fingers]

GMP Tweet it is a serious incident :-(

 

[DaveCinzano]

Juice from the street from Corrie's Hayley:

 

[agricola]

GMP Tweet it is a serious incident :-(

TBF it would be anyway, if you had a panicked and unplanned evacuation of an arena like that.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Telegraph piece has useful breaking news timeline/liveblog:

Manchester Arena: large police presence after reports of explosion

 

[Dogsauce]

Apparently an image is being circulated that was taken from a training exercise some years ago. I don't understand people.

 

[Apathy]

Greater Manchester police statement:

Emergency services are currently responding to reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena.

There are a number of confirmed fatalities and others injured.

Please AVOID the area as first responders work tirelessly at the scene.

Details of a casualty bureau will follow as soon as available.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fuck

 

[Treacle Toes]

Juice from the street from Corrie's Hayley:

Love Julie

 

[The39thStep]

There's a video (taken a fair bit away) which shows a flash and you can hear a loud bang ) which seems genuine enough .

 

[Treacle Toes]

Greater Manchester police statement:

Emergency services are currently responding to reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena.

There are a number of confirmed fatalities and others injured.

Please AVOID the area as first responders work tirelessly at the scene.

Details of a casualty bureau will follow as soon as available.

LINK???

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

LINK???