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At Least 19 Killed, 50 Injured In Incident At Pop Concert In England

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Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Police are reporting at least 19 people have died so far following a bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the English city of Manchester. Around another 50 people were injured. Police are treating this as a terrorist incident. For more, we turn to NPR's Frank Langfitt. He's following the story from London. And Frank, what more have we learned? FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: Well, police say they were called at about 10:35 to the Manchester Arena, and there was a report of an explosion. Witnesses said just after the concert had ended and the lights had come up, they'd heard - you hear different reports - one, two, maybe as many as three blasts. The Manchester Arena - their Twitter feed is saying that the explosion occurred outside of the arena in a public space. Crowds of course raced for the exits. There was one man who was speaking to the BBC. He said he was outside of the arena, and he felt the blast and was knocked back about 30

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