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* The Secretary General of the [[Organization of Islamic Cooperation]], Yousef Al-Othaimeen condemned "in the strongest term" the attack in Manchester and expressed "his anguish over the death of these innocent people and injuring many others".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=13607&t_ref=5926&lan=en|title=OIC Secretary General Condemns the Deadly Attack in Manchester, the United Kingdom|date=23 May 2017}}</ref>
* The Secretary General of the [[Organization of Islamic Cooperation]], Yousef Al-Othaimeen condemned "in the strongest term" the attack in Manchester and expressed "his anguish over the death of these innocent people and injuring many others".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=13607&t_ref=5926&lan=en|title=OIC Secretary General Condemns the Deadly Attack in Manchester, the United Kingdom|date=23 May 2017}}</ref>


* The [[President of the United States]] [[Donald Trump]] condemned the attack and called the perpetrators "evil losers", and stated he was refusing to call them monsters since they would probably "like that term". <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/politics/trump-manchester-remarks|title=Trump calls Manchester attack perpetrators 'evil losers'|date=23 May 2017}}</ref>
* The [[President of the United States]] [[Donald Trump]] condemned the attack and called the perpetrators "evil losers", and stated he was refusing to call them monsters since they would probably "like that term".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/politics/trump-manchester-remarks|title=Trump calls Manchester attack perpetrators 'evil losers'|date=23 May 2017}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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LocationManchester, England
Date22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)
22:33 (BST)
TargetGirls[1]
Attack type
Suicide bombing
WeaponsImprovised explosive device[2]
Deaths23 (including the perpetrator)[3]
Injured59+[4][5]
AssailantsSalman Abedi[6][7]
MotiveTerrorism

On 22 May 2017, a suicide bombing occurred at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, after an Ariana Grande concert. The attacker, believed to be 22-year-old Briton of Libyan descent Salman Abedi, detonated an improvised explosive device packed with pieces of metal as concertgoers were leaving the arena. The explosion killed 23 people, including Abedi, and injured 59 others. Investigators are trying to determine if it was a lone wolf terror attack,[8] or whether the bomber was part of a terror cell.[9]

Attack

On 22 May 2017, at approximately 22:30 BST (UTC+01:00),[10] a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device packed with nails and bolts in the foyer area of the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The attack took place after an Ariana Grande concert that was part of her Dangerous Woman Tour.[11][12] The concert was sold out, and up to 21,000 people may have attended.[13] Many of the attendees were exiting through the foyer at the time of the explosion and were gathered there to buy concert merchandise.[14][15]

Greater Manchester Police declared the incident a terrorist attack, identifying it as a suicide bombing. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in the United Kingdom since the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the first terrorist attack in Manchester since the 1996 Manchester City Centre bombing.

Aftermath

At approximately 01:32 BST, a subsequent controlled explosion was conducted by police on a suspicious item in Cathedral Gardens.[16] The item was later found to be an item of clothing that was left behind.[17]

Residents and taxi companies in Manchester offered free transport or accommodation via Twitter to those left stranded at the concert.[14] Parents of children attending the concert were separated in the aftermath of the explosion. A nearby hotel served as a shelter for children displaced by the bombing, with separated parents being directed there by officials.[18]

Manchester Victoria railway station, which is partly underneath the arena, was evacuated and closed, and services were cancelled. Victoria remained closed into the following day.[11][19]

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant made an unverified claim of responsibility for the attack,[20][21] describing the attacker as "a soldier of the Khilafah".[22][7]

Casualties

Police stated that 23 people, including the suicide bomber, were killed in the blast and 59 others injured, including children.[23][24][25] North West Ambulance Service reported that 60 of its ambulances attended the scene, escorting 59 people to local hospitals and treating a number of walking wounded on site.[26] Of the injured, 12 were reported to be children under the age of 16.[27]

Attacker

The attack was carried out by 22-year-old Salman Abedi,[28] who was already known to police.[16] He was born in Manchester in 1994 to a Libyan family who had fled the regime of Muammar Gaddafi and settled in south Manchester. He grew up in the Whalley Range area and lived in Fallowfield.[29] Abedi's family were described as devout Muslims, and are said to be known to be opposed to ISIS and Islamist extremism.[30]

Investigation

The property in Fallowfield where Salman Abedi lived became a focus of the police investigation following the bombing. Armed police raided the house and carried out a controlled explosion there. A 23-year-old man was arrested in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in south Manchester in relation to the attack.[31][32] Police carried out operations in two other areas of south Manchester and raided another address in the Whalley Range area.[32]

Reaction

Ariana Grande, whose concert had ended shortly before the explosion, posted on her official Twitter account: "Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don't have words."[33] Her management team added that they "mourn the lives of children and loved ones taken by this cowardly act".[34]

Domestic

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, condemned the incident,[35] as did Queen Elizabeth II.[36] Campaigning for the general election was suspended by all political parties.[37][38]

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, called the incident "evil".[39] He announced a vigil to be held in Albert Square the following evening.[40]

A tweet by political columnist Katie Hopkins suggesting the need for a "final solution" were interpreted as calling for ethnic cleansing of the UK's Muslim population.[41][42][43]

The Muslim Council of Britain condemned the attack.[44][45]

International

Condolences were expressed by the leaders and governments of several other countries.[46]

  • United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attack, offered his "profound sympathy" and condolences to the victims and their family, and that he "hopes that those who are responsible for this despicable attack will be swiftly found and bought to justice".[47]
  • Pope Francis expressed that he was "deeply saddened" by the "injury and tragic loss of life", and invoked "God's blessings of peace, healing, and strength upon the nation."[50]
  • The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Yousef Al-Othaimeen condemned "in the strongest term" the attack in Manchester and expressed "his anguish over the death of these innocent people and injuring many others".[51]

See also

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