west didsblue
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First two named victims 18 and 8 year old girls.
Sickening.
Sickening.
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Explosion at MEN Arena/Victoria Station
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CitizenTID
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Caller on Sky News that left at the last song said within 2 to 3 minutes of the bomb black cars with tinted windows and sirens were there. Pretty darn quick.
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So, so sad :( RIP
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Rubbish, this attack was very planned, it intended to get kids, so they've researched the venue, the artist, and the time it would finish, picking the location carefully. They've had to build a bomb, in secret, move it and its ingredients around without it going off, and then make it go off at a time that was carefully designed to cause maximum death/injury.on the point of logistical capabilities for something like this, wasn't it essentially a guy just strolling up to the Arena foyer? It's not like they had to plan much.
Whoever did it wasn't alone, and didn't nip down to his local boots on a whim yesterday afternoon to get the ingredients for this, its been planned by some group, over a lengthy period of time.
The only thing that stops attacks like this in good intelligence, and its pretty remarkable that this is the first such attack in the UK in 12 years, but sadly one was going to get through eventually.
west didsblue
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Both from the same small village in Lancashire.An 18 year old and an 8 year old girl first to be named amongst the dead. Heartbreaking.
I've also been working in a secondary school today. Trying to teach a session on of all things mental toughness and resilience. Obviously very little of my usual lesson was carried out. Where the hell do you start when you get asked by 12 & 13 year olds about what is going on??
You tell them that the nations of the world haven't all developed at the same pace. You still have countries who's systems are essentially run on violence, because 500 years ago so was Great Britain. I don't think you will be able to avoid a deep theological discussion, which won't be a bad thing.
It's unbelievable. I cannot imagine what her parents are feeling
She's one of the ones who's photo was being circulated this morning pleading for help in locating her. Horrific