clive myrie talking to an eyewitness, josh elliot, earlier. we will bring you up—to—date.st few minutes there has been a controlled explosion carried out by greater manchester police a short distance away from manchester arena, but now we know it was not a suspicious item, but discarded clothing, detonated in that incident, a precautionary measure by greater manchester police. andy moore is with us. in terms of what has been confirmed, where are we? the incident happened at 10:35 last night according to greater manchester police. they are treating it as manchester police. they are treating itasa manchester police. they are treating it as a terrorist incident unless they get information otherwise. they say 19 people have been confirmed dead, umm, 50 people injured. we heard from british transport police that the explosion happened in the foyer area. we heard from manchester arena themselves, they say the explosion happened in a public space outside their venue. we have heard from eyewitnesses in the immediate aftermath of the explosion that they could see nuts and bolts on

. —— josh elliot. basically, she finished her last song, dangerous woman. we heard a big bang.y had one. all i can remember is just everybody... it was absolutely hectic, it was unreal, like something out of a film, everybody was just charging towards the doors. i just told anybody to get down. some of us got down onto the floor. there was a couple of people covered in blood. there was somebody having a fight. i think the reason why of people are panicking is that everybody ran out so fast. people were getting hit into walls and stuff like that. yeah, it was quite scary. i know a lot of people say it must have been like this or that. it must be the most horrific and terrifying thing that can ever happen to a person. i will never forget it. greater manchester police had this statement. i can confirm the details of last night's incident as we know them. at around 10:33pm, we received reports of an explosion at manchester arena, in the city centre. this was at the conclusion of the ariana grande concert. currently, we have 19 people confirmed to have lost their lives in the explos

tuesday as we are hearing, the major parties have suspended election campaigns is a mark of respect. josh elliotinished the last song, we'll be on the way out. and literally minutes later, i heard a big explosion, and ijust saw my partner and my daughter running towards me. everyone was charging towards the doors. there was a little girl standing next to us. i told everyone to get down. they got down on the floor. everyone was just running out as fast as they can. a couple of people covered in blood. the reason why a lot of people were panicking is because everybody ran out to blast that was just like, people getting hit on walls and stuff like that but i've never been in a situation like that ever in my life. i know a lot of people think they can no what it's like, it is the most terrifying thing that can happen to a person, i will never forget it. that was just happen to a person, i will never forget it. that wasjust one of happen to a person, i will never forget it. that was just one of the eyewitness accounts from the event. we heard from manchester police earlier. they have said an anti— te

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