Britain went in to crisis mode following an apparent terror attack at Manchester Arena shortly after an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.
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This is what was reported soon after the blast(s) at around 10:30pm:
Police statement on incident at Manchester Arena pic.twitter.com/gaKASukx9a
— G M Police (@gmpolice) May 22, 2017
Videos from the panic inside the arena quickly spread across social media.
#BREAKING Chaos inside #ArianaGrande concert in UK. Police are responding to “serious incident.” Possible explosions. #ManchesterArena @WPTV pic.twitter.com/j042FcSJEh
— Chris Stewart (@CStewartWPTV) May 22, 2017
BREAKING! Serious Incident possibly 2 explosions (unconfirmed) @ArianaGrande #ManchesterArena pic.twitter.com/c3ne0Ph7bs (via @mikeyworrall1) ????
— B’s blog (@WindsorFellow) May 22, 2017
People rushing out of arena #Manchester #ManchesterArena pic.twitter.com/hE1O6GK0JH
— John (@tdsdrive) May 22, 2017
It was suspected the blast was a terrorist incident.
One Twitter user claims to have captured the moment the explosion could be heard.
this is the explosion that went off in Manchester arena #Manchesterarena pic.twitter.com/3T1cxyoiFy
— ???? (@petalviews) May 22, 2017
@BBCBreaking took outside the arena after the incident #ManchesterArena #manchester pic.twitter.com/TmwFBwSadO
— Oliver Tweats (@tweatstweets) May 22, 2017
Convoys of Ambulances responding to an explosion at a #Manchester music venue, #England. pic.twitter.com/OKAogy8Rcr
— Live From Mogadishu (@Daudoo) May 22, 2017
Bomb disposal teams were called to the venue and armed police were soon at the scene.
Bomb disposal going into the arena. pic.twitter.com/FG3g4CkpoM
— Frances Perraudin (@fperraudin) May 22, 2017