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In reply to the discussion: Silent thread for the people killed in Manchester UK explosion.... [View all]niyad
(130,873 posts)84. some of the victims:
8-Year-Old Girl Was Among the 22 Manchester Bombing Victims
LONDON An 8-year-old girl is among the first identified victims of the bombing attack in Manchester, England. The girl, Saffie Rose Roussos, from Lancashire in northwest England, was at the Ariana Grande concert there with her mother and older sister. Her death was confirmed on Tuesday by the Lancashire County Council. News reports said her mother and sister, who is in her 20s, were being treated for injuries from the attack.
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The Manchester Evening News identified another victim, John Atkinson, a 26-year-old from Radcliffe, a town in the Greater Manchester area. A fund-raising page was set up to help raise money for his funeral.
Earlier, Georgina Bethany Callander, an 18-year-old health and social care student with a big smile and a love of pop music, became the first victim of the Manchester attack to be publicly identified.
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At least 12 children under the age of 16 were among the wounded hospitalized after the attack, according to the North West ambulance service, which serves the Manchester area.
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Some Polish citizens were among the missing, said Jakub Krupa, the British correspondent of the Polish Press Agency, citing the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/world/europe/manchester-bombing-victims.html?mcubz=1&_r=0
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