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Attack on kids. allison. >> thank you very much for the update from there. joining us is sam ward. he lives just feet away from the manchester arena. so you were home, you live just down the street. what did you hear? >> yes, there was a huge bang, it was really sharp. i wouldn't have described it immediately as an explosion. shortly after that, five minutes we started to see convoys of emergency vehicles rushing to the arena and that's when i went to social media to find out what's happening. the apartment block i live in directly faces the manchester central fire station. and i encountered 3...

Expecting and waiting at some point, we may get an update on that number. 19 killed so far confirmed by police, 50 or so injured. the full extent of injuries we are likely to hear more about when police do give that press conference. you see some people arriving at the hospital. i want to give you -- sam, when we were talking to sam, that was probably about 30 or 40 minutes ago. about two minutes later, after we stopped talking to him, we got word that police had found a device -- found a package that they thought were suspicipicios. when sam was saying he sees things, somebody else is kicking...

>> reporter: as we're telling the stories of some of the vic testimonies, when we see children, i am talking about 8-year-old, 8-year-old saffi rose roussos and 18-year-old georgina callander and college student, john atkinson. others were injured and eight different hospitals treating people from this terror attack. when it comes to the investigation, there have been multiple raids here around manchester. isis has claimed responsibility. we are told a 22-year-old man has been identified as a suicide bomber. so far, no known links to terror. let me bring in an eyewitness to this terror attack....

Out loads of quality food. the turnout is incredible. provide mental health support, first aid and it all comes together. the show of force tonight at the soup kitchen was incredible. people genuinely wanting to have a conversation with the homeless. as you are probably aware, a lot of the homeless were there. >> reporter: jump ped in and helped. >> two guys rushed to someone who had been caught on the side. they had been lifting until the ambulance arrived and they took oe over. everyone came together no matter what walk of life. >> sam ward, thank you so much for taking the time. your city h...