Transcripts For BBCNEWS North West Tonight 20170523 : compar

Transcripts For BBCNEWS North West Tonight 20170523

Georgina callander had been confirmed, that she passed away last night and then tarleton, another one down the road, so within four miles, two young girls have died. The moment a Suicide Bomber brought chaos and heartbreak to concert goers on a spring evening. This has been the most horrific incident we have ever faced this has been the most horrific incident we have everfaced in Greater Manchester and one we all hoped we would never see, families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert at Manchester Arena and have very sadly lost their lives. The bomber died at the scene. But police have made a second arrest on a day of rapid developments in the investigation. And well hear the stories of Community Spirit and kindness as the region pulls together to help those caught up in the attack. The region pulls together to help those caught the people of manchester have been here in their thousands. Holding a vigil in memory of the 22 people that were killed and the 59 who were injured in that senseless terror attack, at a teenagers pop concert attack, at a teenagers pop concert at Manchester Arena last night. Among those who were killed, the youngest to be named so far, eight yea rs youngest to be named so far, eight years old, saffie rose roussos, Primary Schoolgirl, attending a pop concert for the very first time, she travelled from her home in West Lancashire to manchester, to watch the performance. We will look back at the horrific events in the next few minutes as well as the Police Investigation and the defiant spirit of the city. But first Naomi Cornwell reports of the tragic story of the victims. Three young music fans who went to a concert and never came home. The first of the 22 victims to be named. The West Lancashire village of ta rleton feels a world away from the big city. But the effects of last nights attack are being felt deeply here. Today, this community is reeling from the loss of two girls. Saffie roussos is the youngest victim to be named. Just eight years old. Today, the headteacher of her Primary School described her as a Beautiful Little Girl who was loved by everyone and whose warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly. The school has called in Specialist Support to help pupils cope with the news. Georgina callander also lived in the area. Friends described her as a superfan of ariana grande. Shed met the singer before. Its devastating, my daughter left for school at 8 30am, and i wasjust praying that nobody from her school was involved, around 11am, the school announced Georgina Callander had been confirmed, that she had passed away last night, and then another one in tarlton. Came in last week, before she went on holiday, it is horrible. Cant believe it. Georgina had been studying health and social care in leyland. Today, Runshaw College offered its deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers to all of georginas family, friends, and those affected. She was a former youth player with Bolton Wanderers football club. She was a passionate football in the under 11s team she was a passionate football in the underiis team and she was a passionate football in the under 11s team and played for us in 2010. For her to have lost her life in these circumstances in isjust a terrible thing. Our love and our prayers go out to her family and our support. This afternoon, tributes were also being paid online tojohn atkinson, from radcliffe, near bury. Described by friends as an amazing young man. Across the region, otherfamilies are still awaiting news of their loved ones. Among them, 15 year old Olivia Campbell from ramsbottom. Alison howe and lisa lees, two mums from royton whod gone to pick up their children from the arena. And 29 year old martin hett from stockport. His familys been unable to contact him since the concert. Anyone worried a relative could have been caught up in the attack should call Greater Manchester police on 0800 096 0095. The full horror of the atrocity became apparent around 10. 30 last night. Thousands of Ariana Granda fans pouring out of the arena. Jubilation from the concert turned to devastation at the doorway. It was a scene of panic and confusion, death and horror on a virtually unprecedented scale. One of the first reporters there was Clare Fallon She joins us now from the scene. 17,000 people inside the arena, from the details we have been given, it seems like this was an attack that was designed to cause maximum devastation, designed to kill as many people as possible and i say that because of the timing. This man didnt make it into the arena itself, he was in the lobby, he waited for the concert to come to an end, for people to begin pouring out to go home. Of course, some of those people did not make it home because of the attack. Girl humming song oh, my god. Whats going on . The sound of fear filled the arena as people ran. Families separated in the rush. The response was quick. And the enormity of what had happened soon became clear. Did you get a sense of what it was, it was an explosion . Did you get a sense of. . Yes, definitely an explosion, because theres nuts and bolts everywhere. Really . Yeah, there are nuts and bolts everywhere. So you think this was some kind of deliberate. Yes, of course it was. Not accidental. Yeah, definitely targeted. As we were coming out the door, we just heard the explosion behind us. And then, what, you ran . We just ran, yeah. We didnt know what it was. With so many people hurt some of Them Catastrophically Inside The Arena and victoria station, paramedics treated the survivors. Outside, a fathers sheer relief. Having seen things no adult let alone child should ever see, amelia told me shes one of the lucky ones. Suddenly, like, something really hot just flew over us and landed behind me and my mum and my sister and we all, like, dropped to the floor. Obviously, my wifes injured and my daughters injured. My sisters really bad. No, i think shes all right. I think shes got some cuts and stuff like that. As night turned to morning, more ambulances arrived to treat the seemingly endless number of injured. They were taken to eight hospitals across Greater Manchester. Many more counted their blessings. It was a stampede, really, so we just got out as quick as we could. That was it. We just saw injured people, people on the floor, and just got as far away as we could. And what kind of injuries did you see . Saw one fella carrying his daughter and she were bleeding. People on the floor bleeding. So we just got away, so we didnt see much. People on the floor bleeding. So we just got away, so we didnt see much. You must have been. I mean with two young kids. They were terrified. They were hysterical, these two, so i had to get out. As parents held their children that bit closer, i watched as one small girl was led away by a police officer. We were warned this could happen. And yet it still seems unimaginable. The thing i have noticed in Manchester Last Night and in the aftermath of the attack and also during the day today is the response of people to each other. I have seen people walking down the street smiling at each other. In some ways, thatis smiling at each other. In some ways, that is an attempt to show some kind of humanity after such an appalling atrocity was committed here last night. Lets get this report from Peter Marshall on the effort to help all those who were ended in yesterdays bomb attack. They were faced with wave after wave of seriously injured children and adults. Eight hospitals across Greater Manchester 300 Ambulance Staff all called on to help treat the 59 casualties taken by ambulance for treatment. 12 seriously injured under 16 year olds went to manchester child rens hospital. Nine patients to manchester royal infirmary. Six to salford royals trauma centre. Five other hospitals also treated the injured. At salford, i met 13 year old amber. I was terrified. She was at the concert last night and escaped injury but she was here to visit her father, who was hit by the blast while waiting outside to collect her. Just after the concert finished and the lights went on, we started to walk down the stairs with my friend and we just heard a really loud bang and all of a sudden, everybody started running. They evacuated everywhere and i couldnt find my dad. I think hes broke his leg and done something to his head. We have had confirmation from the Family Members inside that he has come out of his operation this morning and they are about to wake him up. The Emergency Services train and train for awful incidents such as this, yet all would agree that no level of preparation can take away the sorrow and pain when something as awful as this happens for real. Their professionalism and dedication in helping all of those caught up in the tragedy has been highly praised. The Emergency Services had tested their response to such a Terrorist Incident as recently as a month ago. We sent 60 vehicles to the site, along with highly specialised crews, highly specialised teams, that are able to stabilise patients at the scene, ensure they received the right treatment at the scene before evacuation to the hospital. Clearly, there are a number of individuals who have very, very serious injuries and requiring Intensive Care and people who are going to be in hospital for a long time. You can imagine what injuries there might be through such a terrible, terrible device being detonated in a crowded space space and i wouldnt like to detail the injuries that we saw last night. As the Police Investigation has been going on throughout the day to try to establish exactly what happened, we now know the name of the bomber. But who help him . Where did he get his bomb . These questions have to be answered. This is elsmore wrote in the follow your district of manchester. Police activity here today has occurred here and other parts in the south of the city. To call it a fast moving Police Investigation may seem like a cliche, but that is exactly what it has been. This morning at 11 oclock in chawton, we saw a 23 year old man arrested. Then this afternoon in the past half hour, police named the bomber as salman abedi, who is 22, just the latest part of this investigation. This street in Fallowfield One of several that received an unexpected visit from arned police this morning as the investigation into last nights outrage gathered pace. Just heard a big, like, boom, it was like a muffled boom and then we ran outside and everyone on my avenue came out in a panic, because we have a lot of kids that are in the School Across the road. That bang was later confirmed by the police to be a controlled explosion. I was shaking. Everyone was panicking, i seen them all running out and there were police and forces running down this way. The police had quickly identified who they believed was responsible for the the attack, but they werent in any hurry to make the name public. The police and Security Services believe they know the identity of the perpetrator, but at this stage of their investigations, we cannot confirm his name. And the reason for that they needed to know whether others had helped the killer plan his attack. To make the name public too quickly could tip off possible accomplices. David anthony was head of Specialist Operations with Greater Manchester police for several years. He says the priority for his former colleagues will be to gather as much information about the bomber as possible and as quickly as possible. Is he part of a network . Is he part of a Network Within this country, within the manchester area . Further wide in the uk . Or is he internationally sponsored . And so the morning saw Extensive Police activity in the suburbs of manchester. A man of 23 arrested by armed police on a Supermarket Car Park in chorlton at around 11. They dragged someone on the floor, on the pavement, across the road. And ive seen all of them screaming, shouting and ive seen a few of them kicking this man on the floor and they cuffed him. Soon afterwards, more raids in the Whalley Range and fallowfield areas. At lunchtime, the Prime Minister arrived at Gmp Headquarters for a briefing from Chef Constable ian hopkins and his senior officers. Then late this afternoon, the name of the bomber was finally confirmed. I can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last nights atrocity is 22 year old salman abedi. However, he has not yet been formally named by the coroner and i wouldnt wish to therefore to comment any further about him at this stage. So in less than 2a hours, the Police Believe they know who was responsible for all this. The Big Questions they must now answer how did he do it and did anyone help him . 0f of course, this investigation is being headed by Greater Manchester police and the north west counterterrorism unit, but they are working with counterterrorism authorities from across the country because of course, there are try to find out whether this man was part ofa find out whether this man was part of a network either here in the north west or further afield. The police are also asking for anybody who has video or photographs that they took in Manchester Last Night to upload them to a special website that they are now running. From fallowfield, back to annabel. The vigil in Albert Square started at six oclock this evening. So many people were here, you couldnt get through the crowds. People are here because they wanted to be. One woman tapped me on the shoulder looking emotional and she said, this is so awful, isnt it . And shes right. There are no words to describe it. I am joined now by a few people that we re am joined now by a few people that were not involved last night, but felt they wanted to be here tonight. Mohammed, why did you want to come . I had to show my solidarity with the people. An overwhelming amount of people. An overwhelming amount of people came today. We are just u Nfortu Nate People came today. We are just unfortunate that it happened to our town. But solidarity will defeat the ideology, because manchester is a Bighearted Town and we will come back stronger from Bighearted Town and we will come back strongerfrom this. Bighearted town and we will come back stronger from this. This city will recover. It has recovered before and it will again. Definitely. When we had the ira bombing here a few years ago, the community got together and we will build again. You heard the speech today. We felt motivated. Everybody was putting their arms around each other. Everybody felt something. Abigail, at times there was some spontaneous applause. Every race, genderand spontaneous applause. Every race, gender and sexuality were there. That is a good point, there are people of all faiths here. That is a good point, there are people of all faiths herelj that is a good point, there are people of all faiths here. I was born and bred in manchester and as a muslim, i thought it was very important to attend and show solidarity not just for the important to attend and show Solidarity Notjust for the victims of the tragic event yesterday, but to show unity between the muslims, christians, wham and all the faiths to show that we are all inhumanity. Thank you very much. Last night and throughout the day, we have been hearing incredible stories of bravery and kindness amid the terror and the horror of last night, people just wanted to help. The people of the city wanted to help last night. Now a report on the kindness of manchester. A hug that says it all. Celias Granddaughter Ella is back home, safe in garstang. When so many others arent. There were kids running out of the door crying, so we got proper scared. We all started screaming. We moved away from the doors and there was blood splattered on the floor and there were bags on the floor. It was ellas first concert without her parents, now remembered for all the wrong reasons. Sangakkara it was sheer panic in her voice, mum, where are you . A bomb has gone off. At that point, you look around and there were parents the same as me, clutching their phones to their ears, heading towards the men. And there were children running away in tears and you knew something bad had happened. The concert was packed with children and teenagers. Throughout the day, more tales of incredible escapes and frantic searches for loved ones. I got thrown quite a bit. My ears popped. The noise was horrendous. The floor shook. When i got up, there were bodies everywhere. I had to look at people lying on the floor seriously hurt in case it was my family. His wife and daughter escaped unharmed. Liverpool mayor steve rotherams two children were also at

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