22 dead during blast at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester
Posted May 22, 2017 4:01 pm.
Last Updated May 23, 2017 4:16 am.
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MANCHESTER, UK. (NEWS 1130) – Greater Manchester Police say 22 people have been confirmed dead in an explosion at Manchester Arena that is being treated as a solo attack, with the single attacker dying at the scene. Police said roughly 59 people were injured.
While the suspected lone bomber died at the scene, Police in Manchester have now arrested a 23-year old man believed to be connected to the attack.
Investigators say the incident began at 10:35 p.m. local time at an Ariana Grande concert. Emergency vehicles were on the scene helping the injured and bomb disposal units were later seen outside the venue.
There was mass panic after the explosion at the end of the concert, which was part of Grande’s latest world tour.
Video from inside the arena showed concertgoers screaming as they made their way out amid a sea of pink balloons.
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Joseph Carozza, a representative from Grande’s US record label, said the singer is OK and they are investigating what happened.
The Dangerous Woman Tour is the third concert tour by Grande to support her third studio album, Dangerous Woman.
The tour began on February 3rd, 2017, in Phoenix, Arizona at the Talking Stick Resort Arena.
From Manchester the tour is to move through Europe, including Belgium, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and France, through the summer with stops in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico and on to Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia and more.
