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[Baroquemantic]

Rest in peace to those who lost their lives.

 

[Fercho]

If this was terrorism (obviously all terrorism is horrible).. but how messed up can you be to target a bunch of teenage girls.

Wow. Is it terrorism? or an accident.

how awful

Throwing the T word so soon brahs?

 

[MIMIC]

Being reported on CNN now

edit: well, at least briefly. Back to Trump news

 

[Herr Schwarz]

I mean you should be upset about the loss of human life regardless of the cause. But what specifically would upset you about it being an accident?

It would upset me because we've been cultured to be fucking terrified of everything, and so loud accident noises are causing mass panic and a stampede of people crushing over each other, to escape the loud noise that was an accident. Killing each other in pure terror over a false alarm and accidental noise from a speaker blowing out?

 

[Weckum]

Wow. Is it terrorism? or an accident.

how awful

Unclear yet.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Holy shit.
My heart goes out to all affected.

 

[wild wild rice]

Man that's awful.

 

[DarthMasta]

I hope it ends up being just that stupid balloon pop, not a real thing.

 

[MThanded]

What the hell. This is terrible.

 

[Lord Frieza]

It would upset me because we've been cultured to be fucking terrified of everything, and so loud accident noises are causing mass panic and a stampede of people crushing over each other, to escape the loud noise that was an accident. Killing each other in pure terror over a false alarm and accidental noise from a speaker blowing out?

We already know there was fatalities and injuries. This wasn't just a speaker

 

[Lakitu]

Horrible. RIP. I mean just to go somewhere and to express their love of music and something so terrible happens. Not that it matters where it happens. It's just saddening.

 

[pulsemyne]

I hope it ends up being just that stupid balloon pop, not a real thing.

There are confirmed fatalities.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Jesus, this keeps getting worse as we find out more. Hope everything turns out ok...

Well, there are people dead so that possibility is no longer viable.

We already know there was fatalities and injuries. This wasn't just a speaker

Did you just completely not read the post?

 

[BocoDragon]

If this was terrorism (obviously all terrorism is horrible).. but how messed up can you be to target a bunch of teenage girls.

Terrorists have already sunk to the lowest of lows before. This wouldn't shock me.

 

[Little Old Man]

Oh god the description on the BBC is...urgh...also holy shit that picture on twitter could be true...fuck.

If it's the picture I saw of what appears to be blood and bodies, there are tweets saying it's actually from a training video. So it's a case of taking anything like that with a large amount of scepticism. Wait until they're verified before fearing the worst.

 

[Herr Schwarz]

We already there was fatalities and injuries. This wasn't just a speaker

Well we don't have a clear picture yet, so the cause is still unclear unless it's being reported otherwise and I'm not caught up.

 

[timetokill]

Just saw the confirmed fatalities. RIP. I hope the number isn't too big.

 

[MGrant]

Shit. This is horrible.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Well we don't have a clear picture yet, so the cause is still unclear unless it's being reported otherwise and I'm not caught up.

It was an explosion with fatalities as confirmed by the police though.

 

[ronaldthump]

watched twitter video - that was a very loud boom. Fuck.

 

[Tagyhag]

Crap, was just hoping it was like some small pyro gone wrong or something. Hope there's not that many casualties.

 

[Heebie Jeebies]

I live a couple of miles away and numerous police cars have been heading towards Manchester for the past half hour or so.

 

[| Praxis |]

We have NeoGAF members here with family at the show. Just saying in the nicest possible way, let's be careful what we post in regards to links to images and comments.

 

[Xyrmellon]

Other than a one sceond mention, nothing on CNN. God, you guys hate Trump that much?

 

[MrS]

This is some scary shit. I'm going to see Interpol and Father John Misty in Manchester later this year and am very concerned about similar incidents occurring in future. Thoughts are with the families of those who were killed in this senseless attack.

 

[skypunch]

I hope it ends up being just that stupid balloon pop, not a real thing.

"People have died, but atleast it was just that stupid balloon pop."

 

[Milly Osworth]

Throwing the T word so soon brahs?

Duh.

An explosion at a concert isnt something that just happens...

 

[Herr Schwarz]

It was an explosion with fatalities as confirmed by the police though.

Oh people got hit by an explosive blast is what you're saying? again, I'm not going to get deep into things unless there's clarity.

cos an audio system, could make a really big bang you know.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

It would upset me because we've been cultured to be fucking terrified of everything, and so loud accident noises are causing mass panic and a stampede of people crushing over each other, to escape the loud noise that was an accident. Killing each other in pure terror over a false alarm and accidental noise from a speaker blowing out?

Well the video we've seen shows a bright flash akin to some sort of explosion and there are reports of fatality by the police twitter account. Even if it were accidental from like a blown gas line or whatever it's clear it is serious enough that people are going to panic regardless of whether it was purposeful or not.

 

[PizzaFace]

It was an explosion with fatalities as confirmed by the police though.

The police have confirmed fatalities, they have not confirmed an explosion. Though that dashcam footage certainly shows one.

But the fact remains explosions can have many different causes. We simple don't know yet.

 

[TheLionsDen]

Just seen the video of the people running through the exit screaming, truly hard to watch that.

 

[UtterlyPerplexed]

I am in the city centre at the moment. Fortunately I was not near the venue, but the sudden palpable atmosphere here is rather surreal and terrifying, made worse by the constant sound of sirens nearby. Everyone has just stopped talking and are glued to the news, afraid of moving.

RIP to the deceased.

 

[BocoDragon]

Other than a one sceond mention, nothing on CNN. God, you guys hate Trump that much?

I imagine they're waiting for confirmation of what this really is...

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Feel sick this is awful

Saw it earlier and hoped it was something and nothing.

Please be an accident and casualties be as few as possible

It can be manic there on the way out of a gig

 

[Yankee Ruin X]

Holy crap just got a notification about this from BBC, one of the ladies I work with has two daughters there tonight I hope they are ok.

 

[Tovarisc]

Other than a one sceond mention, nothing on CNN. God, you guys hate Trump that much?

NBC and CNN both have picked this up. They are waiting for more information, but reported that is out there.

 

[xxracerxx]

Oh people got hit by an explosive blast is what you're saying? again, I'm not going to get deep into things unless there's clarity.

cos an audio system, could make a really big bang you know.

Come on dude.

 

[LNBL]

There is a fake picture circulating on Twitter that has supposedly been taken inside the venue, apparently it's fake so don't repost or retweet etc

 

[Lord Frieza]

Did you just completely not read the post?

Uh, did you read it? You might want to re-read it

 

[MontyBrown]

A terrorist act at a concert aimed at kids is somehow even more disgusting than usual, if it is one.

 

[plagiarize]

Oh people got hit by an explosive blast is what you're saying? again, I'm not going to get deep into things unless there's clarity.

cos an audio system, could make a really big bang you know.

We don't know that.

Reports of an explosion. Confirmed fatalities. They could people getting trampled trying to get out of the venue. They could be people killed in an explosion. We don't know yet. Either way it's all kinds of horrible.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

The police have confirmed fatalities, they have not confirmed an explosion. Though that dashcam footage certainly shows one.

But the fact remains explosions can have many different causes. We simple don't know yet.

Reports of an explosion, sorry misread the police statement! My b.

 

[the_sun_king]

Other than a one sceond mention, nothing on CNN. God, you guys hate Trump that much?

Erm, it's not just "hate"; we have very very very likely attempts at obstruction of justice on a broadening scale by the president. But, this is off topic.

Anyways, remember the fog of war with breaking events, everyone. Thoughts to the victims.

 

[Rödskägg]

We already know there was fatalities and injuries. This wasn't just a speaker

What he probably means is that maybe it was just a loud bang and then people died because of the stampede following the panic.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Those poor people! What a shame accident or not.

Reports make it sound like the explosion was huge

 

[TechnicPuppet]

Editing to remove.

 

[Par Score]

Fucking hell, just down the road. RIP to the victims.

It was an explosion with fatalities as confirmed by the police though.

The explosion was not confirmed by police.

"Reports of an explosion" is not confirming an explosion.

Even if it was an explosion, it's too soon to know origins let alone whether there was a motive.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

This is awful news.

 

[MIMIC]

Completely forgot I had BBC News....

 

[WedgeX]

Awful.