How You Can Help Those Affected by the Manchester Bombing

At least 22 people died and 50 were injured when a blast ripped through the foyer of the Manchester Arena in the English city after a concert by American pop star Ariana Grande on Monday night (Tuesday AEST).

Police have arrested a man, 23, in connection with the terror attack at Manchester Arena.

Joseph Carozza, a representative from Ariana Grande’s USA record label, said the singer is OK following reports of an explosion at her concert in Manchester, England. Afterward, the man, identified as Andy, said he saw about 30 people “scattered everywhere”.

“I would like to pay tribute to the emergency services for their bravery and professionalism in dealing with last night’s appalling events”.

Following the attack, British Prime Minister Theresa May also made an announcement, expressing her condolences to the victims’ families. He provided no information about the person who set off the bomb.

Grande has reportedly suspended her world tour following the attack.

Grande, who was due to give a concert in London later on Tuesday, said she was “broken” in a tweet.

James Perry wrote: “RIP Georgina Callander, 16 years old, her life absolutely robbed, heart goes out to her and all the other families #prayersforManchester”.

Quite a bit is still unknown about the reported explosions, but Manchester police have announced that they’re treating it as a terrorist attack until they have reason to believe otherwise. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack in a brief, generic statement that appeared to get some of the facts of the attack wrong.

Britain has been under a “severe” terror threat alert for three years and there has been an uptick in terror-related arrests in recent months. “They’re telling us to wait by the phones”, she said.

She added: “Everyone just stopped and turned around, and then somebody shouted “it’s a bomb” and everyone just started running”.

“And we know that among those killed and injured were many children and young people”. I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term. More than 400 officers were deployed.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd decried “a barbaric attack, deliberately targeting some of the most vulnerable in our society – young people and children out at a pop concert”, the AP said. “As a father I cannot help but think that it could have been my own children who could have been attending at the time”, Muscat said.

As police sought to establish if the attacker was part of a broader network, Ms May called a meeting of the government’s emergency committee, Cobra.