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Appeal for "calm and vigilance" after Manchester Arena explosion

Twenty-two people killed - including children - in terrorist attack by lone suicide bomber

May 23, 2017 08:06
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Jewish leaders have expressed condolences and appealed for calm after a suicide bomb attack in Manchester killed 22 people – including children – and left at least 59 others injured.

An explosion, caused by an improvised device carried by an attacker, was detonated at Manchester Arena on Monday night after a sell-out pop concert by Ariana Grande.

Police were called to reports of an explosion at 10.33pm, shortly after Grande, the US singer, had finished her performance as thousands of people streamed out of the Arena.

The Community Security Trust issued a statement urging “calm and vigilance” and cooperation with the security forces in the aftermath of the atrocity – the worst attack to hit Britain since the 2005 suicide bomb attacks.