As a born and bred Mancunian I'm heartbroken by this. To target adults is bad enough, but to go after an event where there will be mostly young people and children is even worse.
A venue I've been too many, many times too.
I'm currently sat in a coffee shop in South Manchester and reading online that there have been two further incidents this afternoon. A shopping centre has been evacuated for a suspicious package and a police raid and controlled explosion has been carried out about a mile away from where I am!!
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And now it looks like the so called "revenge attacks" have begun with a Mosque being set on fire...