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| Manchester Arena: children among 22 dead in suicide attack at Ariana Grande concert – latest | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 9.56am BST | |
| 09:56 | |
| Severin Carrell | |
| Scotland’s chief constable has deployed armed police on high visibility patrols in crowded areas, airports and railway stations after stepping up security following the Manchester arena attack. | |
| Chief Constable Phil Gormley, a former Met police counter-terrorism commander, said: “My thoughts and those of everyone at Police Scotland are with those who have lost loved ones or who were injured in the attack in Manchester. | |
| “As part of the UK-wide response to these events, Police Scotland continues to review all safety and security plans and operations. This includes ensuring our armed policing and specialist resources are appropriately deployed. | |
| “People will therefore see armed police on patrol at transport hubs and crowded places. There is no intelligence to suggest there is any threat to Scotland but I would ask the public to remain alert and report anything suspicious.” | |
| 9.55am BST | |
| 09:55 | |
| These are from Brendan Cox, whose wife, Jo, was murdered by a far-right terrorist during the EU referendum last year. | |
| Thinking of every family whose lives have been destroyed today by a cowardly hate filled attack. So much pain and so pointless. | |
| The pain these attacks inflict is profound & real, & it lasts long after the headlines have moved on. | |
| But the cause they seek to advance is going to fail. They try to divide us. But we will not divide. We will pull together & live our lives | |
| Britain will respond as it always does under attack; with love for the bereaved, unity & resolve. They will not change us. They will not win | |
| For those who are supporting bereaved kids there are organisations there to help. Like https://t.co/r0Kg9SCxu9 & https://t.co/9Eiq0PRS3g | |
| People who use this to push hatred are doing exactly what the terrorists want. Division&hate make us weak, Unity& Resolve make us strong. | |
| 9.54am BST | |
| 09:54 | |
| Steven Morris | |
| The dean of Manchester, Rogers Govender, led prayers close to the arena. | |
| Govender explained that normal morning prayers could not take place at the cathedral because it was within the cordon. | |
| He said: “We pray for all the people of Greater Manchester at this time. We give you thanks for our city and our city region. We pray for all places of prayer and worship in our city as they become places of refuge and comfort for all of our people. | |
| “We pray for ourselves that you fill us with compassion for those who suffer violence. We pray you give us a renewed sense of what a gift it is to live each day in peace and freedom. Help us not to allow ourselves to be diminished by fear and make us instruments of your peace in our homes, our communities and in this great city.” | |
| The Dean of Manchester cathedral, Rogers Govender, has led prayers at the cordon. pic.twitter.com/WDxGQjTSvr | |
| A city councillor, Patrick Karney, read Psalm 125, which ends with: “Peace be on Israel” and added: “Peace be on Manchester.” | |
| Teenage girls, some with their mothers, are beginning to leave the hotels near the arena where they spent the night. | |
| Karen Moore, from Derby, who was with her daughter Molly, said neither had slept a wink. They had booked into a hotel, but became disorientated after leaving the arena and found themselves in the foyer of a different hotel. “They told us we’d better stay there and gave us quilts and pillows,” said Moore. | |
| Mother and daughter were at the front of the arena when they heard the explosion. “Everyone was screaming, completely hysterical,” Moore said. “We just want to get home now – it’s been terrible, just awful.” | |
| Mums and daughters leaving hotels and heading home following Manchester attack. pic.twitter.com/C7UK6LUf4r | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.59am BST | |
| 9.51am BST | |
| 09:51 | |
| Helen Pidd | |
| Our northern editor, Helen Pidd, has just spoken to an A&E doctor at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) who has come in on his day off to offer his services. | |
| He said many consultants came in unprompted during the night to help deal with what appeared to be a roughly equal number of child and adult casualties. | |
| The injuries ran the gamut from “major trauma” to cuts and scratches, he said. A triage system at the arena decided which patients to send to which hospital. | |
| MRI took all the major trauma cases not involving head injuries, which were taken to Salford Royal (often known locally as Salford Hope.) | |
| The doctor, who asked not to be named, said he did not know if the bomber was treated at MRI. “We don’t get told these things. We just get on with treating everyone as best we can,” he said. | |
| Meanwhile, Give Blood NHS, has urged the public to keep appointments, particularly if they are group O negative. But it says it has the blood required for now. | |
| In response to last night's tragic incident in #Manchester - we have all the blood required for hospital patients at the present time. pic.twitter.com/EWNAKH5mrO | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.55am BST | |
| 9.45am BST | |
| 09:45 | |
| Carmen Fishwick | |
| If you’ve been affected by the suicide bomb attack in Manchester, you can share your experiences with us.You can fill in our encrypted form here, anonymously if you wish. Or you can share photographs and video with us using GuardianWitness, by clicking on the blue button here, or at the top of this blog. Your security is most important – so please think about this before submitting content. | |
| 9.41am BST | |
| 09:41 | |
| Harriet Sherwood | |
| Faith leaders and community organisations across the UK have condemned Monday night’s attack. | |
| Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, tweeted his condolences. “Heroic Manchester, dark evil cannot overcome it. We pray for those in sorrow on the hard journey of loss & pain, & for those who protect us,” he wrote. | |
| David Walker, the bishop of Manchester, said: “What makes this latest atrocity particularly dreadful is the deliberate choice of a concert known to attract very young fans. Many lives will be lived out, impacted by this tragedy for long years to come. Others have had decades of life ripped away from them. | |
| “There is a proper anger and rage in the face of events like this. Our challenge will be to direct that rage and anger to be a force for good. We will rally around the victims and their families. We will unite across our diversity, drawing close especially to any that the terrorists would seek to separate us from. And we will rebuild and repair the damage to our city, as we have done before.” | |
| Churches in Greater Manchester would be open for people to pray today, he added. | |
| Harun Khan, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “This is horrific, this is criminal. May the perpetrators face the full weight of justice both in this life and the next. | |
| “I pay tribute to the police and emergency services who have worked valiantly to save lives last night. They were helped by civilians who rushed in to offer their support. I urge all those in the region and around the country to pool together to support those affected.” | |
| The counter-extremist organisation Faith Matters said that actions against groups promoting Islamist and victimisation narratives had rarely been effective “when they create a fertile ground for mindsets who believe that they are being targeted by the government because they are Muslim. This causes them to become more and more isolated and drawn to further extremist rhetoric”. | |
| Founder Fiyaz Mughal added: “We are moving into another phase given the Manchester killings. For years, government has had its hands tied behind its back and worried about legal action against it if it acts against groups. Manchester should be a turning point and a realisation that terrorists will not stop their murder of innocent people. | |
| “We have to ensure that groups promoting Islamist and far-right extremist rhetoric are challenged, shown for the hypocrites that they are and that they are a fundamental threat to our democracy.” | |
| John Arnold, the Catholic bishop of Manchester, said such an attack “can have no justification”. The general assembly of the Church of Scotland opened in Edinburgh with prayers and silence for the victims of the attack. “That young people and children, with others, could be the subject of what police are now treating as a premeditated act of violence is beyond comprehension. There is no cause, political or religious, that justifies actions of senseless brutality, anywhere or at any time,” said the moderator Derek Browning. | |
| The European Jewish Congress condemned the attack. It “demonstrates once again that the enemies of civilisation have no boundaries,” Moshe Kantor, the EJC president, said. “This was a concert attended by mostly young people and children and is a ghastly reminder that terrorism sees all of us as potential targets, regardless of age, religion, nationality or background.”Bhai Amrik Singh, the chair of the Sikh Federation UK, said: “The suicide bomber who mindlessly targeted innocent young people in the Manchester Arena must have been deranged. | |
| “I would like to applaud Sikhs living and working in Manchester who immediately came to the support of those caught up in the terror attack. This ranged from Sikh taxi drivers who drove people away from the danger to our Gurdwaras, who opened their doors to help strangers.” | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.53am BST | |
| 9.37am BST | |
| 09:37 | |
| The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Cressida Dick, has confirmed that more police are being deployed in London. | |
| In a statement she said: | |
| “This is an utterly appalling attack. My thoughts are with the people of Manchester as they try to come to terms with the horrific events that took place in their city last night. Our colleagues from Greater Manchester police and their emergency services showed huge bravery as they ran towards the confusion and danger. | |
| “We are providing every possible support through the counter-terrorism network as investigators work tirelessly to understand what has happened. | |
| “Here in the capital we put extra police officers on duty as Londoners started their journeys into work. This will continue for as long as it is needed, and the mix of armed and unarmed officers are there to reassure. | |
| “Looking ahead to the weekend – a normal busy and vibrant weekend in our city – we are working with all those planning events to make sure we are doing all we can. | |
| “Terrorists seek to spread fear and undermine our way of life. We must work together to stop that from happening. If you have suspicions, tell us; if you see something that concerns you, report it. Together, we can protect London.” | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.56am BST | |
| 9.35am BST | |
| 09:35 | |
| Daniel Boffey | |
| Speaking in Brussels for a meeting of EU finance ministers, the chancellor, Philip Hammond, said: | |
| Obviously I woke up this morning to the terrible news of this barbaric attack in Manchester. It is, as far as we know, a terrorist incident. We are treating it as such. My thoughts are with the victims and their families, and the people of Manchester. And I’d like to pay tribute to the emergency services who have done a great job throughout the night and are continuing to work at the scene. The government’s emergency committee Cobra will be meeting in the next hour or so, and I shall attend the Ecofin meeting now and then return to London at lunchtime. | |
| Hammond was due to give a speech to European business leaders but cancelled his plans. | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.43am BST | |
| 9.31am BST | |
| 09:31 | |
| Severin Carrell | |
| The parents and friends of two girls from the Hebridean island of Barra, Laura MacIntyre and Eilidh MacLeod, both 15, have issued urgent appeals after they went missing after the Manchester attack. | |
| Laura Macintyre’s father Micheal, who works for the fish farm multinational Marine Harvest, issued an urgent request for help to trace his daughter on Twitter . | |
| Please...please reetweet. Looking for my daughter and her friend . Laura Macintyre and Eilidh Macleod #manchesterattack pic.twitter.com/1N0cikPQEf | |
| Angus MacNeil, the Scottish National party MP for the Western Isles, knows the MacIntyres. He said his daughter had had sleepovers with Laura MacIntyre. MacNeil said he had spoken to the fathers of both girls this morning. “I just can’t begin to get to the depths of their worries,” he said. “They are without doubt missing.” | |
| Very worried about 2 missing girls from Island of Barra who were in Manchester last night.Laura MacIntyre & Eilidh MacLeod. Please Share pic.twitter.com/2gdFlmZGAs | |
| He said Eilidh MacLeod’s father was flying from Benbecula to Manchester while members of the MacIntyre family were also making their way to the city | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.51am BST | |
| 9.27am BST | |
| 09:27 | |
| Trump: 'wicked ideology must be obliterated' | |
| Here’s what Trump said in full: | |
| I extend my deepest condolences to those so terribly injured in this terrorist attack and to the many killed and the families – so many families of the victims. | |
| We stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom. So many young beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life. I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that’s a great name. I will call them, from now on, losers, because that’s what they are. They are losers. And we will have more of them. But they are losers, just remember that. | |
| Our society can have no tolerance for this continuation of bloodshed, we cannot stand a moment longer for the slaughter of innocent people. And in today’s attack it was mostly innocent children. The terrorists and extremists and those who give them aid and comfort must be driven out from our society for ever. | |
| This wicked ideology must be obliterated and I mean completely obliterated, and the innocent life must be protected. All civilised nations must join together to protect human life and the sacred right our citizens to live in safety and in peace. | |
| Updated | |
| at 9.33am BST | |
| 9.18am BST | 9.18am BST |
| 09:18 | 09:18 |
| Trump expresses solidarity with UK | Trump expresses solidarity with UK |
| Donald Trump has condemned the attack. Speaking in Bethlehem he said: “We stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom.” | Donald Trump has condemned the attack. Speaking in Bethlehem he said: “We stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom.” |
| He said those responsible for the attack were “losers” and “wicked”. | He said those responsible for the attack were “losers” and “wicked”. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.20am BST | at 9.20am BST |
| 9.10am BST | 9.10am BST |
| 09:10 | 09:10 |
| Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has added to the international chorus of condolence for Britain. | Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has added to the international chorus of condolence for Britain. |
| Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to the British Prime Minister following Manchester bomb attack | Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to the British Prime Minister following Manchester bomb attack |
| 9.09am BST | 9.09am BST |
| 09:09 | 09:09 |
| These are from David Cameron, the former prime minister. | These are from David Cameron, the former prime minister. |
| My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with all the victims of last night's horrendous attack in Manchester and their loved ones. (1/2) | My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with all the victims of last night's horrendous attack in Manchester and their loved ones. (1/2) |
| I praise and thank our brave emergency services and thoughtful, caring, resolute Manchester community. #standtogether (2/2) | I praise and thank our brave emergency services and thoughtful, caring, resolute Manchester community. #standtogether (2/2) |