UK police: 'a number of fatalities' at Grande concert

[Redondo]

OFFICIALS SAY MAN DETONATED IED AT ARIANA GRANDE CONCERT, DEATH TOLL AT 22

Authorities in Manchester said Tuesday that it appears that an attacker detonated an improvised explosive device at the Ariana Grande concert on Monday night, as the explosion’s death toll raised to 22.

It is not immediately clear if the unidentified man acted alone, but the person apparently died in the explosion. Police say some 400 officers were deployed overnight to help with the investigation.

[Jason]

6 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Horrific.

At some point Britain will either crack wide open, or they'll find some courage and resolve to put an end to this threat.

 

Crack wide open. Anything else is racist or something like that

[Taylor]

9 hours ago, Tank said:

The tweets of peace.

ISISThunder

[Blarg]

Dammit, I took Druid in the over. 

[fan_since79]

54 minutes ago, calscuf said:

I don't want to alarm anyone, but it appears the little dicked bomber was Muslim.

I know, I'm shocked, as well.

Home grown too. Parents came from Libya and the mother is currently out of the country.

They arrested a second person and the hunt is on for accomplices. The bomb was described as "sophisticated".

ISIS has taken credit and called him one of their soldiers. Shocked, absolutely.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

16 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Home grown too. Parents came from Libya and the mother is currently out of the country.

They arrested a second person and the hunt is on for accomplices. The bomb was described as "sophisticated".

ISIS has taken credit and called him one of their soldiers. Shocked, absolutely.

 

I wonder how many of these attacks are truly isis, and how many they just take credit for?

[Lou]

18 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

. . . and the mother is currently out of the country.

how convenient 

[fan_since79]

Bomber traveled to Syria and Libya in the past year, then returned shortly before the deed. Police have described the bomb as sophisticated, with materials not easily available in Britain.

UK placed on highest alert status with the military patrolling streets and assisting local police. Another attack may be "imminent" according to authorities.

 

Edited May 24, 2017 by fan_since79

[fan_since79]

Father and mother apparently returned to Libya some time ago. Father claims son was not involved and had been planning to join them in Libya for Ramadan.

More on the dad and his interesting background:

http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article152295167.html

A former Libyan security official says the father of the alleged Manchester arena bomber was allegedly member of a former al-Qaida-backed group in Libya.

Former Libyan security official Abdel-Basit Haroun said Wednesday he personally knew Ramadan Abedi, the father of Salman Abedi, and that the elder Abedi was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting group in the 1990s. The group had links to al-Qaida.

Although the LIFG disbanded, Haroun says the father belongs to the Salafi Jihadi movement, the most extreme sect of Salafism and from which al-Qaida and the Islamic State group hail.

Haroun says Abedi, also known as Abu Ismail, had returned to the Libyan capital of Tripoli.

 

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Such a garbage religion.

Religion of pieces.

[m0nkey]

But dad says he's innocent:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/father-suspected-manchester-bomber-says-son-innocent-164057058.html

 "The father of the 22-year-old Briton who police say bombed a concert in Manchester insisted Wednesday that his son was innocent and just had been preparing to go on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia."

[fan_since79]

Dad and brother have been detained by Libyan counter-terrorism police. The brother was allegedly planning his own terrorist attack there.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/24/manchester-attack-latest-detectives-hunt-terror-network/

[Tank]

30 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

But dad says he's innocent:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/father-suspected-manchester-bomber-says-son-innocent-164057058.html

 "The father of the 22-year-old Briton who police say bombed a concert in Manchester insisted Wednesday that his son was innocent and just had been preparing to go on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia."

"In fact, he was packing a small vest filled with items to wear on his journey," according to the father. "This way he didn't have to wait at the baggage carousel after his flight and could immediately hail a taxi to get to the safe house center for picking up his bomb-making materials mosque."

[gotbeer]

4 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Bomber traveled to Syria and Libya in the past year, then returned shortly before the deed. Police have described the bomb as sophisticated, with materials not easily available in Britain.

UK placed on highest alert status with the military patrolling streets and assisting local police. Another attack may be "imminent" according to authorities.

 

Wonder if the materials were easily available in Brussels? 

 

[yk9001]

Washington Post cannot figure out a motivation.  

Jesus Christ, libs.

 

[mtangelsfan]

pathetic

[yk9001]

Slate says, "WaPo, hold my beer".

The attack was an attack on girls.  No mention of islam.

 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/05/22/the_bombing_at_a_manchester_ariana_grande_show_was_an_attack_on_girls_and.html

[mtangelsfan]

On 5/24/2017 at 2:57 PM, yk9001 said:

Slate says, "WaPo, hold my beer".

The attack was an attack on girls.  No mention of islam.

 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/05/22/the_bombing_at_a_manchester_ariana_grande_show_was_an_attack_on_girls_and.html

I can't stand the rags.  They do nothing to help bring about solid discourse.  If you are afraid to speak truth just because it might offend someone then you should quit the journalism business altogether.

[fan_since79]

Journalists take the facts and bend and shape them to fit the narrative which supports their political and social agendas.

It's on the left AND the right too.

Orwell would be proud.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 5/24/2017 at 11:18 AM, fan_since79 said:

Dad and brother have been detained by Libyan counter-terrorism police. The brother was allegedly planning his own terrorist attack there.

They're both innocent. Dad said so.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 5/24/2017 at 1:12 PM, yk9001 said:

Washington Post cannot figure out a motivation.  

Jesus Christ, libs.

I'm liberal, but not ignorant about the world. It doesn't take a lot of research to figure this out.