Explosion at MEN Arena/Victoria Station

[twosips]

Manchester Arena tweeted that the incident took place OUTSIDE the arena in a public space.

The Arena is technically inside victoria station. So it could be outside the main doors of the arena, but still indoors in general.

 

[cleavers]

So we should be most vigilant pre-match and post-match...
The searching only increases the risk of casualties due to the queues.

One thing we do have on our side is the campus and possibly being able to stop people entering from the campus entry points.

Don't think this is a really important issue tonight.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

When you see the queues outside the turnstiles on matchdays, we're sitting ducks for someone with a rifle

I don't want to tempt fate but the security services do a pretty decent job of keeping automatic firearms off our streets

 

[twosips]

I feel physically sick. Absolutely heartbroken.

 

[MCFC1993]

Manchester Arena tweeted that the incident took place OUTSIDE the arena in a public space.

It will be in the foyer outside Mcdonalds and outside the ticket points but still inside the building so to speak.

 

[simonmdm]

Manchester Arena tweeted that the incident took place OUTSIDE the arena in a public space.

It was where the McDonalds is/where the ticket office is. I'd say just over a minute after the last song so just as people we're starting to leave but sadly some people had already started leaving and would have gotten caught up in it.

 

[bluethrunthru]

The Arena is technically inside victoria station. So it could be outside the main doors of the arena, but still indoors in general.

well covered by CCTV then? Can ID the perpetrator(s) maybe?

 

[cleavers]

They already tried it in Dortmund

Nothing to do with terrorism that.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

When you see the queues outside the turnstiles on matchdays, we're sitting ducks for someone with a rifle

It's not just football supporters, it's anyone as tonight's incident shows. Shopping centres, streets packed with people like oxford street in London, nightclubs. Just didn't expect it to be at an event packed with kids.

 

[TimmyP]

Controlled explosion will be in Cathedral Gardens.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

wasn't the Dortmund one some kind of bizarre share deal manipulation attempt?

Yes. The bomber was trying to make money from shares afterwards. The motivation is of little concern though; it shows how vulnerable they were to an attack

 

[MCFC1993]

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

So upsetting, so many family's devastated. I hope whoever was responsible gets a bullet through the brain, cowardly ****.

 

[Pleatfooted]

well covered by CCTV then? Can ID the perpetrator(s) maybe?

Hopefully mate unless it was a suicide bomber, sick bastards

 

[Magicpole]

When you see the queues outside the turnstiles on matchdays, we're sitting ducks for someone with a rifle

If this is a suicide bomber then the truth is nowhere is completely safe. The purpose as we know is to create fear and panic about our daily lives.

We cannot allow that or they win.

Poor kids and their families. Heartbreaking.

 

[Aguero_Element]

Wonder if that is the station device

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Listening to 5 live they've just done a controlled explosion on a second device

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

I feel physically sick. Absolutely heartbroken.

Almost too much to comprehend.

 

[TimmyP]

GMP News Conference at 2am.

 

[chaddblue]

So upsetting, so many family's devastated. I hope whoever was responsible gets a bullet through the brain, cowardly ****.

If it's a nail bomb as suggested, quite likely it was a suicide bomber