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Ariana grandes concert, it had just ended. they believed balloons had popped. there were a lot of pink balloons that were part of the stagecraft. they told concertgoers the balloons had popped and chairs had fallen. they believed there was nothing to worry about. that was in the early going. they did not realize what had happened at the entrance. there were a lot of people out front. parents who were waiting, thousands of young girls had come to this concert unaccompanied. you seal the pink ball...

>> a football stadium into a network of tunnels come out to the fresh air. something happened within that middle ring which is actually public land. that is where we are told the explosions happened. or explosion. we are not quite sure yet. theres still some information to pick fruit, exactly how many people were out at the time when the explosion happened. around an hour ago, there was a controlled explosion not far from here. just around the corner from manchester cathedral. a very loud bang. ...

Beyond that, to the left -- the print works, for anyone who knows manchester, thats where the pubs, the cinema is. left of that is the arena. he said he heard the bang at 25 to 11. that concert ended at around 10:30 p.m. people were starting to leave as the lights went on and they heard the bang, the explosion. some people described people hitting the ground. the melee, the chaos of trying to get out of the arena. we see some people crossing, trying to get through this police tape. excuse me, wo...

Race is not always to the swift but thats the way to bet. here, it may be something other than radical islamists terrorism. but it looks pretty specific sus right now. >> shepard: so far, we are waiting for live report from the authorities on scene. at this point, the authorities have said they are treating this as a terrorist attack and they are. trace gallagher with the latest as we have it. trace, to you. >> a couple of things. ariana grande, people have been talking to tmc. theyre reporting ...

Its authorities were being quoted, multiple authorities by the "los angeles times" saying that this was a suicide bomber. that has been thinking from the beginning. arenas in the united kingdom, they dont have trash receptacles. theres not really a place to put things like this. that dates back to the ira attacks, that have been going on or did go on for 20 years. you dont find a lot of trash receptacles for this very reason. instead, its believed this was a suicide bomber. authorities got there...

Organizations that they do believe this was a suicide bomber and right now, we believe it was only one suicide bomber. those who have not joined us in the last 30-40 minutes, the potential of a second device -- one was exploded. a loud boom. they told people not to be concerned. it turned out to be nothing but a bag of abandon clothing. we might see more about of course. if you talk about the injured and killed being hit by this bomb, theres also a video where you see inside the arena. there was...

Heard something. they heard the explosion. they felt the explosion but they didnt see anything. they didnt see any smoke. the videotaped taken inside the arena and then suddenly, within 30-45 minutes, we got these reports of multiple dead. and yet nobody was inside the arena saw anything of the sort. we saw some people walking out of the arena with minor injuries and then it fits together when they said it was in the foyer of the arena outside. thats when the arena came out a short time later sa...

Inside and onto peoples bodies. the death count at 19. the injury count at 50 although we believe the entry count will go up because there are people who have just been admitted to hospitals. everyone stopped and all talking stopped. someone who wrote direct message on twitter. everybody was running and screaming. screaming evacuate. another from the "los angeles times" ." an explosion. shes 15 years old. it seemed to come from near the entrance of the theater. where the audience streamed toward...

Within about 3-4 minutes. but it was devastating. >> reporter: did you see anyone yourself who had been injured or were you too far away from that foyer area you were describing? >> we didnt see anybody. just traumatized people. we didnt see it but you could smell it. we only heard one explosion. >> shepard: one of the early witnesses talking to sky news the last hour and a half or so. on the phone with us is aaron mcdougle. thank you for joining us. what did you see and hear? >> we only heard o...

March of this year, five people including a london police officer, who was stabbed, and the alleged assailant were killed in a terror attack that saw more than 40 people injured outside the british parliament building in an act described as a sick and depraved by the british prime minister theresa may and then tonight, this. outside the concert hall in manchester. thousands of young kids and others they are to see ariana grande, the u.s. pop sensation. the explosion happened and is believed to b...