{"id":5086,"date":"2017-05-23T06:16:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=5086"},"modified":"2017-05-23T06:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:16:11","slug":"terror-attack-kills-22-in-manchester-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/terror-attack-kills-22-in-manchester-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror attack kills 22 in Manchester, UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Explosion being treated as a terrorist incident as eyewitnesses describe chaos and horror<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 22 people are dead and 59 were wounded after a reported explosion at the Manchester Arena in northern England, where American pop star Ariana Grande was performing Monday, according to a statement from Greater Manchester Police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are currently treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise,\u201d Chief Const. Ian Hopkins said. \u201cWe are working closely with the national counter-terrorism policing network and UK intelligence partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hopkins confirms that children are among the 22 people confirmed to have died.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Latest statement on incident at Manchester Arena <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCIanHopkins\">@CCIanHopkins<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GEABqAk5rr\">pic.twitter.com\/GEABqAk5rr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 G M Police (@gmpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmpolice\/status\/866841256059699200\">May 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amber Rudd, UK home secretary, said the Manchester explosion was a \u201cbarbaric attack, deliberately targeting some of the most vulnerable in our society\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Manchester Arena attack is UK&#8217;s worse terror since 7\/7 in more than a decade where 56 people were killed by suicide bombers in June 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">British Prime Minister Theresa May said: &#8220;We are working to establish the full details&#8221; of what happened in Manchester.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;All our thoughts are with the victims and the families of those who have been affected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Witnesses reported hearing two loud bangs coming from near the arena&#8217;s bars at about 10:35 p.m. but there were few other details. 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