Authorities in Manchester said Tuesday that, according to
their preliminary investigation, it appears that one man detonated an
improvised explosive device at the Ariana Grande concert on Monday night. The
unidentified man died at the scene, police said. Authorities increased the
death toll Tuesday to 22.
ISIS group says one of its members carried out the
Manchester suicide bombing that killed 22 people.
Georgina Callander, 18, is the first of 22 people killed
in Monday's terror attack to be identified, The Sun reported. Callander died in
a hospital following the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said at a press
conference that the attack at the Ariana Grande concert “stands out for its
appalling, sickening cowardice." She said police believe they know the
identity of the dead attacker, but will not release until further confirmation.
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Manchester terror attack’s second victim named as eight-year-old girl as ISIS gloat that they were behind Ariana Grande gig suicide bomb that left 22 dead
Saffie Rose Roussos died in the suicide nail-bombing
at Manchester Arena last night which also maimed 59, her school confirmed
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Manchester terror attack: Trump calls attackers 'evil
losers in life'; offers sympathy for victims
By Edmund DeMarche
President Trump on
Tuesday—standing beside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem—lashed
out at the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack in Manchester hours earlier.
Trump spoke Tuesday,
after a suicide bomber killed 22 and injured 59 at a concert by pop singer
Ariana Grande. The president offered his condolences to the victims and
declared those who attack the innocents “evil losers in life.”
“So many young,
beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil
losers in life.”
- President Trump
“So many young,
beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil
losers in life,” Trump said. “I won’t call them (attackers) 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’re losers.”
Trump's remarks came during a
brief media address with Abbas. He began by saying the U.S. stands in
solidarity with the people of the U.K., but then he took aim at the attacker.
"The terrorists and
extremists and those who give them aid and comfort must be driven out from our
society forever," Trump said. "This wicked ideology must be
obliterated."
Authorities in
Manchester, meanwhile said it appears there was one attacker who detonated an
improvised explosive device at the concert. Although social media accounts
linked to ISIS have praised the attack, there has so far been no clear claim of
responsibility.
It is not immediately
clear if the unidentified man acted alone, but the attacker apparently died at
the scene, police said. Some 400 officers worked overnight to help with the
investigation.
Multiple law enforcement
agencies are investigating the explosion, and are treating the incident as a
“terror attack.”
Trump was in Bethlehem
meeting with Abbas. One of Abbas' top aides
said that "this visit will open the way for relaunching the peace
process."
The White House has
downplayed the prospect for a significant breakthrough on the peace process
during Trump's visit, his first overseas trip as president.
