Manchester Arena Bombing 22.05.17

I know little about her career but hope Grande goes on to good things, musically, and in time can return to being associated with her pop music and not this.
 
King_Eric said:
Marcus Mumford was the musical highlight of the day in my opinion. Went downhill after that :p
Well, until Liam came on perhaps.

But besides my musical preferences, it's the kind of concert you keep watching and keeps giving you goosebumps.
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I thought it was brilliant. Not my cup of tea musically either , but couldn't help shed a tear with the school choir bit, and Over the Rainbow.
 
Was amazing seeing Liam, he killed it in my opinion. His voice sounds great again.

Fair play to Grande, her reaction to this was amazing.
 
Brilliant event and those Youtube numbers were impressive. Glad they went ahead with it.

Can't help but be impressed with Ariana throughout all this too, and on the night I thought her and Coldplay's performances were fantastic.
 
Rashford and Jesse were there as well. On stage apparently as well. How did I miss this?

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Dr Alford said evidence from the scene of the blast suggested Abedi had a device to activate the bomb himself, but that there may also have been a secondary detonator capable of receiving a radio signal from a phone anywhere in the world.

The possibility would chime with Isis propaganda statementsissued shortly after the attack, which claimed that a device had been remotely detonated and did not describe the atrocity as a suicide bombing.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...g-militants-tatp-four-days-bomb-a7771391.html
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Anyone on here able to explain to me how this bomb could have been detonated remotely because the person detonating it would need to know that the person carrying the bomb was "in place" before they detonated it wouldn't they?
 
Here's your daily dose of nutty American religious assholes commenting on something they shouldn't.

--What was the name of that concert? ‘Dangerous Woman concert.’ If we could tell you what we know—and we don’t have time today—but we’re going to talk about some of those things, they literally invited these kinds of things to happen. They almost cursed themselves with this concert. I tell you what, God’s not going to put up with mockery. ‘Be not deceived, God is not mocked.’--

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/...hemselves-by-attending-ariana-grande-concert/
 
Rado_N said:
:lol: some lazy bugger lied to you (unless they don't have mod privileges in the C.E for some reason) but the title change is enough.
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Varun - said he doesn't have the privileges. Got me eye on him
 
For future reference these are the members of staff who can mod in the CE (and anywhere else):
  • Adzzz (not been on since end of October)
  • brewlio (left the caf in March)
  • Brwned (not been on since September)
  • Damien
  • golden_blunder
  • Grinner
  • jojojo
  • KM
  • moses (not been on since end of October)
  • Niall
  • Raoul
  • Sultan
  • Wibble
 
Kerslake review
Lord Kerslake review of the incident underway.

The Fire Service have been heavily critised for offering no meaningful assistance for over 2 hours after the blast. The whole service will now be reviewed.
 
TheReligion said:
Lord Kerslake review of the incident underway.

The Fire Service have been heavily critised for offering no meaningful assistance for over 2 hours after the blast. The whole service will now be reviewed.
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It was one person in the fire service who held them all back fearing a second device aimed at first responders. The crews he stood down were pissed off and I believe he has already been given the boot.
 
Remember that night so vividly. It was a warm night and social media was going mad. Me and my friends in our group chat could not believe the early reports that it was terrorism. I was adamant it was an accident.

RIP all.
 
Manchester Arena bomber was rescued from Libya by Royal Navy
Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people in a suicide attack last year, was saved from civil war in 2014

The Manchester Arena suicide bomber was rescued by the Royal Navy from the civil war in Libya three years before he killed 22 people at a pop concert, it has emerged.

Salman Abedi was 19 when he boarded the HMS Enterprise in Tripoli in August 2014 with his younger brother Hashem and more than 100 other British citizens.

It is understood Abedi’s name was on a list of stranded citizens handed to the crew in charge of the evacuation. The vessel took them to Malta where they caught a flight back to the UK.

In May last year, he killed 22 people, including seven children, at an Ariana Grande concert with a homemade suicide vest.

A government spokesman said: “During the deteriorating security situation in Libya in 2014, Border Force officials were deployed to assist with the evacuation of British nationals and their dependants.”

Abedi was being monitored by security services when he travelled to Libya, but his case was closed a month before his rescue.

The Anderson review into the Manchester attack found that the decision to close Abedi’s case as a “subject of interest” was sound, based on the information available to security services at the time.

A government source told the Daily Mail: “For this man to commit such an atrocity on UK soil after we rescued him from Libya was an act of utter betrayal.”

Hashem Abedi is held in prison in Libya by a militia group, but the British government has requested his extradition to face trial for his involvement in the attack.

The request has so far been refused.
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...a-bomber-was-rescued-from-libya-by-royal-navy
 
Horrible news. RIP. :(

Should be added to the victim count.
 
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