Manchester's Arndale shopping center evacuated hours after concert terrorist attack
Manchester’s Arndale shopping center has been re-opened after briefly being evacuated hours after an attack on Manchester Arena killed 22 people who had been attending an Ariana Grande concert.
Manchester's Arndale shopping centre was quickly evacuated but has now been given the all clear by police. An arrest has reportedly been made.
UPDATE: Arrest reportedly made. Not clear if connected to #ManchesterArenaExplosion#Arndale shopping center reopened. https://t.co/CZk1OEelTI
— JJ Green (@JJGreenWTOP) May 23, 2017
It was reported that a suspicious bag had been spotted.
Cordon around the Arndale in Manchester now been lifted and shops re-opening. 1 police office says suspicious bag was found but all is safe. pic.twitter.com/szvt7YPdFg
— Daniel Hewitt (@DanielHewittITV) May 23, 2017
The evacuation came at a time of high tension only hours after a suicide bomb killed 22 people and wounded around 60, many of them children and young people, at an Ariana Grande concert at the city's Arena venue.
#Manchester trying to be normal again but then there's an evacuation of a shopping street and this happens - very tense @itvcalendarpic.twitter.com/F52XhyrycW
— Michael Newton (@Camera_Mikey) May 23, 2017
The Arndale centre was bombed by the IRA in 1996 after the Republican terror detonated a 1,500 kilogram device which destroyed several buildings.
Arndale centre evacuated. #Manchesterpic.twitter.com/J67MxlJw6e
— Frances Perraudin (@fperraudin) May 23, 2017
Within minutes of the evacuation being reported Manchester Evening News tweeted that the cordon was not connected with the terror attack.
The Arndale evacuation is UNCONNECTED to the Manchester terror attack but there have been other arrests across Manchester.
— Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) May 23, 2017
