Explosions reported in Manchester?

[rscott]

They're not evacuating the building though, so presumably don't think there's any further risk to those inside.

That suggests a more mundane cause to me (speaker failure & collapse or even rail transformer going up)

[WCZ]

Watching the arena from my apartment, scary stuff, police everywhere

[Rod200SX]

Lass I know from down that way said she heard the bangs, went to station and saw folk running around, screaming and saw kids with blood on their faces.

Not good, whatever has happened.

[BlackLabel]

[Chicken Chaser]

Ignore the above, absolute rubbish. It is a major incident. Definitely not a balloon or speaker.

[ellroy]

A number of fatalities according to GMP.

[anonymous-user]

Chicken Chaser said:

Ignore the above, absolute rubbish. It is a major incident. Definitely not a balloon or speaker.

Have you some more info than has been posted?

[fiatpower]

Police statement just put out confirming number of fatalities and injuries. Nothing on possible cause.

[Yipper]

Several dead. Looks bad.

[Rod200SX]

[URL] https://mobile.twitter.com/gmpolice/status/8667869...

Eesh.

[anonymous-user]

It's sounding more serious with every report sadly.

[MrBarry123]

Bloody hell.

[Yipper]

Obviously a fluid situation, but it looks at the moment like between 1 and 6 explosions at the very end of the concert as people were leaving. Possibly in tunnels and possibly timed a minute or so apart. All speculation, of course, but that's the latest from Twitter and DM.

Edited by Yipper on Monday 22 May 23:54

[BlueFiestaST]

[alfie2244]

Guy on BBC saying it was near the box office...very many hurt and he was blown metres of his feet....not good.

[BlueFiestaST]

https://twitter.com/joeaarongregory/status/8667845...

[skilly1]

1hr in and we still don't really know anything, hope everyone ok.

[rscott]

Yipper said:

Obviously a fluid situation, but it looks at the moment like between 1 and 6 explosions at the very end of the concert as people were leaving. Possibly in tunnels and possibly timed a minute or so apart. All speculation, of course, but that's the latest from Twitter and DM.

Edited by Yipper on Monday 22 May 23:54

Police statement says an explosion. Pretty much every report says 1 or 2 explosions, none mention 6.

[Yipper]

Rumours of dead kids and at least 50 emergency vehicles on the scene. Getting worse by the minute.

[kuro]

Eyewitness being interviewed by bbc said he was blown off his feet and saw bodies. He said it was definitely a bomb.