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The Guardian reports:
At least 19 people were killed and more than 50 injured after an explosion in the foyer area of a crowded Manchester concert hall, which left hundreds of people fleeing in terror. [...] Police said they were dealing with a possible terror incident and counter-terrorism officials were assessing what caused the explosion. Investigators from the police and the domestic security service MI5 were part of the investigation.
Greater Manchester Police statement:
I can confirm the details of events tonight that we currently know. At around 10.33pm last night we received reports of an explosion at the Manchester Arena in the city centre. It was at the conclusion of an Ariana Grande concert.
Currently we have 19 people confirmed to have died and around 50 people injured.
The injured are being treated at six hospitals across Greater Manchester. My thoughts are with all those who have been affected and we are doing all we can to support them.
[...] We are currently treating this as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise. We are working closely with the national counter-terrorism policing network and UK intelligence partners.
Unnamed sources, who have not been directly quoted are widely reported as suspecting this incident was a suicide bombing.
Multiple senior U.S. law enforcement officials briefed by British authorities told NBC News that forensic evidence at the scene — including a body found at the blast site — indicated a suicide attack. British and U.S. law enforcement officials said they believed they had tentatively identified the bomber.
U.S. officials said initial reports indicated that some of the casualties might have been caused by a stampede of concert-goers.
Sky News reports:
Officers carried out a controlled explosion at nearby Cathedral Gardens shortly after 1.30am, but have since confirmed the item they found was abandoned clothing and not suspicious.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 23 2017, @08:24AM
There is already activity in this direction going on. In 2009 WHO changed the definition for pandemic. So that the protocol can be activated without heightened mortality. This makes it possible to force countries to vaccinate their population. In February 2009 Baxter Pharmaceutical, Austrian subsidiary shipped a batch of unattenuated bird flu of 2005 together with ordinary seasonal flu to sixteen laboratories in Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany. That is the optimal way to make the viruses mix and create a cocktail that will be deadly and contagious at the same time. But a Czech lab technician at the Company Bio Test, tested the batch on ferrets just to be sure it was safe before being delivered for vaccination. The next day the lab animals were all dead and a emergency alert was sent out to stop the batch.
If it had went through, a gigantic epidemic might have been set of. So some people say they will just refuse to get the vaccine then. Sure, but states like Massachusetts, US can charge you 1000$ per day for that. Regardless the government can in most cases impose itself on any citizen by various means. And in emergencies law makers are eager to get things done with speed and thus skip checks and sign away liabilities.