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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

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

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

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.

Police at Manchester Arena.

Police at Manchester Arena.

Still image from video shows people fleeing Manchester Arena. Twitter.com/Hannawwh/via Reuters

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

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

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