Paid Members stumobir Posted May 22, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted May 22, 2017 Apparent explosion at an Ariana Grande concert with confirmed fatalities. Everythings still a bit sketchy atm but videos show crowds panicking and fleeing. Â Horrible stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Confirmed fatalities by Greater Manchester Police, i was hoping the rumour of blown speakers was true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keith Houchen Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, ultimo the great said: Confirmed fatalities by Greater Manchester Police, i was hoping the rumour of blown speakers was true It still could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thesz Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Greater Manchester Police; according to Radio 5Live, are saying it is fatalities due to an explosion. That can be interpreted in a couple of ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members stumobir Posted May 22, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 22, 2017 Guy called in on the news saying he was knocked off his feet by it, doubt that a blown speaker would cause that. I'm hoping he's bullshitting and that it is some freak accident. Last thing this country needs right now is another terrorist attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: It still could be. Honestly i have little knowledge of how loud a speaker blowing would be, just heard the explosion could be heard a few streets away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted May 22, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted May 22, 2017 16 minutes ago, Hugh Thesz said: Greater Manchester Police; according to Radio 5Live, are saying it is fatalities due to an explosion. That can be interpreted in a couple of ways. Then don't interpret it and wait for the facts. This escalated very quickly, fuck. About half an hour ago I saw reports on Twitter about a bang (but not necessarily an explosion) at the concert, with everyone evacuating in panic, but it didn't seem particularly major. Check the news now and the police confirm fatalities? Fuck. Thoughts to everyone affected. I hope there aren't many hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 There are reports of multiple casualties, but speculation doesn't help. Â The hashtag #roomformanchester is being used if anyone can put someone up who may be stranded. Â Also about 50 children have been taken to the Holiday Inn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted May 22, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted May 22, 2017 The footage coming out is bizarre. The one on bbc news is from inside the arena and is a mix of people bolting for the doors and people calmly waiting complaining it was a balloon. Really not helping people reporting bombs and shooting on social media and creating hysteria. An actual fucking journalist is tweeting shit like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nostalgia Nonce Posted May 22, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted May 22, 2017  12 minutes ago, stumobir said: Guy called in on the news saying he was knocked off his feet by it, doubt that a blown speaker would cause that. It's not necessarily the speaker itself, but the amp and the transformer that are powering it. Because of the sheer number of bullshitters that have already jumped all over this on social media, I'm resigned to only accepting updates from GMP and a few other "official" sources on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted May 23, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2017 Been following it for an hour or so on the news, the lack of any solid proof that there was an actual explosion is very strange. 2 hours since the incident and no one really seems to know what happened. The guy who phoned in and said he saw 30 bodies on the ground sounded like he was talking shit though, got the impression the BBC news guy didnt believe him either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenryck Pilchards Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 A BBC journalist has said it was a nail-bomb in the foyer area of the Arena, if confirmed this is a sickening attack considering the amount of children that would have been in the venue for an Ariana Grande concert.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 NBCNews are reporting it as a suicide bomber "forensic evidence points to possible backpack bomb " 19 people dead according to GMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted May 23, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2017 yeh 19 dead confirmed by Manchester police, shocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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