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Manchester terror attack

Police have said "a number" of concert goers have been killed after an explosion at Manchester Arena during a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.

Tue 23 May 2017
At least 22 people, including children, were killed in a explosial during a concert of US singer Ariana Grande. A  woman and a young girl wearing a t-shirt of US singer Ariana Grande talks to police following attack. Photograph: Oli SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
At least 22 people, including children, were killed in a explosial during a concert of US singer Ariana Grande. A woman and a young girl wearing a t-shirt of US singer Ariana Grande talks to police following attack. Photograph: Oli SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
Fans leave the Park Inn hotel in central Manchester on Tuesday. Photograph:  Photograph: AP Photo/Rui Vieira
Fans leave the Park Inn hotel in central Manchester on Tuesday. Photograph: Photograph: AP Photo/Rui Vieira
A man carries a young girl on his shoulders near Victoria station in Manchester. Photograph: Oli Scarffoli/AFP SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
A man carries a young girl on his shoulders near Victoria station in Manchester. Photograph: Oli Scarffoli/AFP SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
Armed police at Manchester Arena after reports of the explosion. Photograph. Peter Byrne/PA
Armed police at Manchester Arena after reports of the explosion. Photograph. Peter Byrne/PA
Concert goers wait to be picked up at the scene of a terrorist attack during a pop concert. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty
Concert goers wait to be picked up at the scene of a terrorist attack during a pop concert. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty
An armed police officer stands at Manchester Piccadilly railway station in Manchester, U.K., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. At least 22 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a pop concert packed with children in the northern English city of Manchester, in the worst terror incident on British soil since the London bombings of 2005. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
An armed police officer stands at Manchester Piccadilly railway station in Manchester, U.K., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. At least 22 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a pop concert packed with children in the northern English city of Manchester, in the worst terror incident on British soil since the London bombings of 2005. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
Armed police at Manchester Arena.
Armed police at Manchester Arena.
Police at Manchester Arena.
Police at Manchester Arena.
Police at Manchester Arena.
Police at Manchester Arena.
Still image from video shows people fleeing Manchester Arena. Twitter.com/Hannawwh/via Reuters
Still image from video shows people fleeing Manchester Arena. Twitter.com/Hannawwh/via Reuters
Armed police at Manchester Arena.
Armed police at Manchester Arena.
A woman and a girl wearing a t-shirt of US singer Ariana Grande leave a hotel near the Manchester Arena.  Photograph: Oli SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
A woman and a girl wearing a t-shirt of US singer Ariana Grande leave a hotel near the Manchester Arena. Photograph: Oli SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
 The first floral tributes to the victims of the terrorist attack. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
The first floral tributes to the victims of the terrorist attack. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Vikki Baker and her daughter Charlotte, aged 13, leave the Park Inn where they were given refuge after last night's explosion at Manchester Arena. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Vikki Baker and her daughter Charlotte, aged 13, leave the Park Inn where they were given refuge after last night's explosion at Manchester Arena. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

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