Police: 19 dead, 50 injured at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, UK after explosion

Police in Manchester, UK say 19 people are dead and about 50 injured after a reported explosion Monday night at the city’s arena, where pop star Ariana Grande was performing. The incident is “being treated as a terrorist incident until police know otherwise.”

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Police offered few details, asking people to avoid the area “as first responders work tirelessly at the scene.”

Some fans took to Twitter to share video they said was taken inside the arena; giant pink balloons were tousled above the crowds of concert-goers fleeing toward the exits.

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One concert-goer told The Guardian she heard “quite a loud explosion heard from inside the Manchester arena and it shook, then everyone screamed and tried to get out”

Nearby Victoria Station, which serves the arena was evacuated.

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