Has described the blast as a barbaric act. Police say they are working to establish exactly what happened. We are currently treating this as a Terrorist Incident, until we have further information. This is clearly a very concerning time for everyone. On breakfast this morning, we will bring you the latest from the scene, and reaction to what could be the uks worst Terror Attack since the 7 7 london bombings. Good morning, it is tuesday 23 may. The news we are waking up to this morning an explosion at a Concert Venue in manchester, packed full of children and families, has claimed the lives of at least 19 people. Theresa may has paid tribute to the victims, and will chair a meeting of the governments Emergency Committee later this morning. The metro mayor of manchester, andy burnham, has called it a terrible night for our great city. We will be getting a further statement from andy burnham at around 7 30am this morning. We will be live with louise at the scene in a moment, but first let
she apparently blew herself up early in the operation wearing some kind of suicide explosive device. at this point, police say they do not believe abaaoud is among the eight people arrested. there were eight people taken to custody and in custody right now. abaaoud is not one of them. however, what they are doing is going through the apartment building testing body parts. so much destruction, all that is left is body parts. trying to link dna to that man, abaaoud, to see if he was killed inside the raids. joining me now is cnn s frederik pleitgen. fred, you were in saint-denis yesterday during the raids. you saw the level of destruction inside that building which explains what they are doing now. they are going through piece by piece to determine if it was abaaoud. they keep having to stop as well because the destruction is so bad as you said. one. things that happened is they met so much resistance, especially in the second apartment they went into.
many of those who were arrested over the weekend in belgium have since been released wsh including the brother of the man would is now wanted by authorities and their third brother is one of the terrorists who was killed in the attack. so there s a number of arms into this investigation. but at this point, the man believed to be the eighth terrorist is still at large. and anderson, the pictures we have up there are of that eighth terrorist. are they concerned about members of that cell still being out there, anderson? certainly this eighth terrorist, they are very concerned about. he may have a suicide divide, a suicide explosive device just like the seven other terrorists had. so they re telling people to obviously stay away, but they really don t know at this point, don, just how many concentric circles of support this group of