Manchester's Arndale shopping centre evacuated, witnesses heard "big bang"

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Manchester's Arndale shopping centre evacuated, witnesses heard "big bang"

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A shopping centre in Manchester, England, was evacuated and witnesses said they heard a "big bang" on Tuesday, just hours after a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured 59 in the same area of the city.

 

Scores of people ran away from the centre, a Reuters witness said.

 

"There are people coming out holding hands," a Reuters photographer said.

 

Great Manchester Police would not comment when contacted for Reuters.

 

 

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[Jonathan Fairfield]

Manchester police say probing "an incident" at Arndale shopping centre

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Police in the northern English city of Manchester are investigating an incident at the Arndale shopping centre in the centre of the city, an officer at the scene said on Tuesday.

 

 

 

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[Jonathan Fairfield]

Manchester's Arndale shopping centre reopening - Reuters witness

 

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A major shopping centre in the northern English city of Manchester is now reopening after it was temporarily evacuated, a Reuters witness said on Tuesday.

 

Police had begun removing the cordon and workers were slowly being allowed back into site, he said.

 

Earlier on Tuesday a separate Reuters witness reported scores of people running from the Arndale shopping centre, with some saying they had heard a big bang.

 

At least 22 people, including some children, were killed and 59 were wounded when a suicide bomber struck as thousands of fans streamed out of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city of Manchester on Monday.

 

(Reporting by Michael Holden, writing by David Milliken, editing by Paul Sandle)

 

 

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