direction about a terror attack. there have been reports on the bbc, talking about what they re describing as nuts all over the floor. so that s the only way this is pointing tonight. we cannot conclude at this stage, we ll have to wait for police to tell us much more in the hours ahead. but given the fact that they re looking into this real possibility, and it is there would appear some evidence that this was a suicide bombing. that certainly takes you down the islamist terrorist direction. it must also be noted that in recent months in europe, there s been a number of false flag plots where right wing extremists have been trying to blame islamists for terrorism. we have seen that in germany in
panic. everyone just ran everywhere. paula, it s lovely that you reacted the way you did to try to help those kids and get them to a safe place and contact their parents. i m glad and the people you are with are okay. jamie waller was at the concert. joins us by phone as well. if you could, jamie, explain what you heard and saw. we were just she just finished singing. she walked off the stage. we went down to go out. there was a huge explosion. everyone looked at each other. everyone just ran. we just needed to get out because we didn t know what was happening. it was a mass panic. as soon as you heard this explosion, you knew this was not part of the concert itself? yes. we knew something was wrong. so had the concert had ended? ariana grande had stopped singing? she just finished doing
happened. he told me when it happened, it was a large explosion and it was at the end of the arena, and he actually suffered an asthma attack and was dragged on to the stage by security person net and was evacuated that way. emergency services are reacting and what they have also done is that the local hotels around the arena, the holiday inn, that s where families are encouraged to go to, because young kids who are at the concert, are being allowed to go in there, they re being taken in and the plirs are in the process of setting up a line to call to get more information and of course to find out any loved ones who may have been in the arena. it s just about 1:00 a.m. there, about 1:06 in the morning, do you know what time this occurred at? the reports are that it happened around 10:55, 11:00