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At first it was said it was popping balloons, which would not sound very loud in an arena full of people. There are now confirmed deaths, and there are people with blood spatter on their upper clothes.

Based on the footage, looks like the crowd was mostly teenybopper age girls and some young gays.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/police-respond-reports-incident-manchester-arena/story?id=47569092

People on twitter saying at least 20 dead.

https://twitter.com/search?q=manchester%20explosion&src=tyah

Holy shit. Ariana Grande is like a Disney Pop star, so yeah her audience was mostly young teens. Assholes!

Reports: 23 confirmed dead, 10 of them under 18.

I have little doubt that the https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReligionOfPeace is responsible.

But hey, let's wait a little bit. Sometimes, rarely, mass murderers are not Muslim.

I just heard it on the radio. Another article with video.

http://www.ajc.com/entertainment/police-least-dead-after-explosion-near-ariana-grande-concert-manchester/Sdgnowmdfi7oydgel7AzqL/

Hey, Fort Wayne, you still think that freedom of religion is sacred?

TwoScoopsMcGee says

Reports: 23 confirmed dead, 10 of them under 18.

Omg. Who is running PR for the terrorists? Fire that guy

Dan8267 says

Hey, Fort Wayne, you still think that freedom of religion is sacred?

Yes. Blowing people up is still illegal.

anonymous says

TwoScoops - out of morbid curiosity how did you discern from the footage there were some "young gays" ? Did they have gay designators on them to allow for easy identification or have you recently turned in and on to "gaydar" ?

Dude, nobody goes to Hannah Montana/Britney Spears concerts except young gals, gay guys, and the very occasional totally whipped teenage boyfriend.

Straight guys at a Disney-type Girl Pop Star Concert is like looking for Hippies at a Gwar Concert. Very rare.

CBOEtrader says

Yes. Blowing people up is still illegal.

You missed why they are blowing people up: religion.

Get rid of religion and the world will be a safer place. Religion is the most likely reason why our species will go extinct.

CBOEtrader says

TwoScoopsMcGee says

Reports: 23 confirmed dead, 10 of them under 18.

Omg. Who is running PR for the terrorists? Fire that guy

I said something like this to a wise old boss I had about ten years ago, when Muslim slaughter of random innocent civilians was still something of a novelty in the West, notwithstanding 9/11.

He made the excellent point that the PR is not for us, it's for other Muslims. Terrorists who murder non-Muslims are beloved and celebrated in Muslim countries, and their families are generally given great honor and large cash payments to make up for the loss of their dearly departed shaheed.

So it's truly excellent PR for the terrorist groups, if you just look at who their audience actually is. They know that our spineless Western leaders will never tell the truth about Islam and will never restrict immigration of Muslims, no matter how many of their own innocent civilians are murdered by devout Muslims in the name of islam. So that part of the PR is completely irrelevant.

Like @curious2 said: "Radical Muslims want to kill you. Moderate Muslims want radical Muslims to kill you."

Muslims who sincerely value humanity and peace should be deeply ashamed of Islam.