{"id":85704,"date":"2017-05-23T15:48:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=85704"},"modified":"2017-05-23T15:48:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:18:20","slug":"blast-tweeted-in-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/blast-tweeted-in-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast tweeted in advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Twitter account of a possible Islamic State sympathiser tweeted about the Manchester Arena in England, hours before the explosion rocked pop star Ariana Grande&#8217;s concert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-9.jpg\" alt=\"Blast tweeted in advance\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-9-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The man&#8217;s Twitter account seemed to be suspended immediately following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tomorrow night, I will go to the Manchester Arena Grande concert and throw my handmade grenade in there,&#8221; the person said on another forum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85706 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Blast tweeted in advance\" width=\"800\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-1-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-1-2-768x246.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an unverified video has also appeared on the social media purportedly showing a man claiming &#8220;loyals&#8221; of ISIS were behind alleged &#8216;nail bomb&#8217; attack inside Manchester Arena.<\/p>\n<p>At least 22 people were killed and 59 injured in what is being investigated as a suicide bombing at a crowded pop concert in Manchester, the most deadly attack in Britain in a decade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85707 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/trafford-centre-terror-drill3.jpg\" alt=\"Blast tweeted in advance\" width=\"871\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/trafford-centre-terror-drill3.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/trafford-centre-terror-drill3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last time England saw such a deadly terror attack was in 2005 when on July 7, which killed 52 people after terrorists carried out a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks in central London targeting civilians using the public transport system during the rush hour.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in 2009, the Manchester police had thwarted a major terror bid to attack Manchester&#8217;s Arndale shopping centre on the busy Easter bank holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>With up to 90,000 shoppers in or near the shopping centre at the time, police believe an attack would have killed hundreds and maimed thousands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twitter account of a possible Islamic State sympathiser tweeted about the Manchester Arena in England, hours before the explosion rocked pop star Ariana Grande&#8217;s concert. 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