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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) by VLM on Tuesday May 23 2017, @01:51PM
Oh please. You release it on a battlefield or a border and get two groups to coordinate a he-said she-said. Convince the Islamic world its crazy Christians trying to promote the end times, convince the Christians its an Islamic biowarfare terror attack..
None of the strategies or policies or political tools are new, all that's new is the individual weapon and its lethality which doesn't affect the management of the overall project.
Whats infinitely more likely is something like the smallpox blanket scenario where China wants Africa's resources and the Africans are so unable to get their stuff together that they're kinda in the way. Also not kidding about smallpox. Everyone not in Africa gets vaccinated against smallpox its no big deal, whoops no one in Africa gets vaccine there's just not enough effective doses, what little order exists in Africa breaks down, the (vaccinated) Chinese army jumps in to "maintain order" which boils down to make sure the locals get no food, water, police coverage, or vaccinations, then China gets all the African resources. That's much more likely sci-fi movie plot than some James Bond world wide stuff. It'll be easy to spin the propaganda too, whoops a daisy those things happen ya know.