2017 Manchester arena attack

[Live by the sea]

Horrific. Islamist terrorism strikes again.

 

[TomandJerry]

Police: sole attacker died at scene

Chief constable Ian Hopkins says the attacker died in the explosion.

He says that while police believe the man was acting alone in the attack last night, investigations are ongoing to establish if he was part of a network.

He says police believe the man was “carrying an improvised explosive device, which he detonated causing this atrocity”.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Thoughts to all concerned.

 

[Hillian1]

22 fatalities now.

Heartbreaking that children are among them.

 

[TomandJerry]

Police: children have died

Hopkins confirms that children are among the 22 people confirmed to have died.

 

[DataPoint]

Condemn ALL extremists! They are all dangerous.

 

[Wellesley]

Growing up through the IRA years, you had to become hardened to acts of terrorism, but this, this has put tears in my eyes, tears of sadness and tears of anger. Absolute Evil. I'll leave it there before I say something I may regret later. RIP.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Where in the Koran does it say it's ok to kill 22 innocent people coming out of a teen pop concert? Yet we'll still get a bunch of apologists defending it.....

I'm a Manc by birth and still have friends and family there. Just hoping everyone I know is ok.

Devastated, upset, angry and a million other things


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[Live by the sea]

Condemn ALL extremists! They are all dangerous.

We all do. Issue is vast majority of extremists who are willing to become suicide bombers to kill and maim as many men , women and children as possible are almost always Islamist extremists. Savages.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

My son's step daughter was there with friends for a 13th birthday treat. My daughter in law was going frantic trying to ring her, & getting no reply, but eventually her brother got her, and she sobbed I'm ok Mum.

Too close to home.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Shut the UK down and hunt these ****ing murdering ***** down, then build a bonfire, they are vile scum.

We are simply a soft touch in the UK and because of that people die.

No1 rule in life look after your own, we are just way to PC.

 

[portlock seagull]

Thoughts go out to victims and family. Sadly suicide bombing is now a way of life in the modern world. How did humanity get so sick that people will blow themselves up in order to kill and maim others?

 

[BBassic]

I'm honestly in shock. I don't think I've had a reaction as crushing as this to any incident since 9/11 to be honest. Children for f**k sake. They were just there to see a pop star, hadn't done anything to anyone.

 

[portlock seagull]

Shut the UK down and hunt these ****ing murdering ***** down, then build a bonfire, they are vile scum.

We are simply a soft touch in the UK and because of that people die.

No1 rule in life look after your own, we are just way to PC.

They are our own, that's the problem!

 

[Mo Gosfield]

I think we all know what kind of sick monster it probably was. Mustn't say it, though, might offend them...................

Ah yes.........remember all those years ago when radical Muslim clerics were standing on the streets of this proud and tolerant country and spouting their bile and poison at the Western World. At the time, those who supposedly knew better, rallied to their defence, upholding their right to free speech and civil liberty. Police were instructed to stand aside and allow them to preach whatever they liked, whilst arresting those that protested that these views struck at the very heart and fabric of our society.
They brainwashed and converted the immature and the vulnerable to their warped, distorted and sordid ideology, in private and in public, not just in tens, not just in hundreds but in thousands. Steadily it grew but to many it posed no danger. It was such a small minority that it didn't represent a threat. The so called ' politically correct ' continued to leap to their defence. The majority of the ever growing Muslim community remained silent.
The intellectual and learned community, those who studied and understood the intolerance of the Islamic belief, and expressed their concern, were roundly condemned, again and again and again. And now, whenever these terrorist attacks occur ( which they will, with ever increasing frequency ) those that allowed these poisonous seeds to be sown and grow, are the first to go public with their sorrow and condolence.
These incidents sicken, sadden and anger in equal measure. It is always the innocent that suffer. Trying to deal with an ideology that sees no other and regards itself as the last, the final word of God, is an impossibility. It is a one way path to bloodshed. We have years and years of this ahead of us and we must fight it with every sinew we can muster. It threatens our future stability.
We had a chance to drive this underground. That chance was callously chucked aside by those who thought they knew better. Those who infiltrated our education system, our local government and central government system and our media world, brainwashed many with their politically correct ideas.
They have a lot to answer for but will bear no sense of responsiblilty. We are trying to deal with something that is now out of control and can only hope that more are prevented carrying out these acts than actually succeed.
My thoughts, as always, are with those who have suffered.

 

[spence]

Shut the UK down and hunt these ****ing murdering ***** down, then build a bonfire, they are vile scum.

We are simply a soft touch in the UK and because of that people die.

No1 rule in life look after your own, we are just way to PC.

That won't solve the problem at all. It's the teachings of extreme Islam that is the root of the problem.

 

[Driver8]

Just read through it all, mind blowing, was obviously aimed at the younger generation.
Too many people to 'body pat' search I suppose.
Condolences to all concerned from over here.

You don't need a ticket or to pass any security to get where the bomb was set off. It's a foyer connecting the station to the arena.

 

[BBassic]

Also, can we please try our best to keep this thread civil, a place for positive thoughts to those who have lost their lives and not have it descend into yet another left v right shouting match?

 

[Frutos]

Utterly, utterly sickening - suicide bombing is appalling enough, but to target a concert full of children?! Can't even begin to understand the thought process behind that, nor do I want to.

RIP to those killed.

 

[cjd]

How did humanity get so sick that people will blow themselves up in order to kill and maim others?

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