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Ariana Grande left the UK and returned home to America the day after a bomb exploded at her concert in Manchester, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 50 when a suicide bomber detonated it outside the arena as her Dangerous Woman show was finishing.
Grande was pictured getting off a private plane in Florida and running into the arms of boyfriend Mac Miller on the tarmac, presumably heading to her home nearby.
Stay Strong @ArianaGrande This Is Not Your Fault ?? ?❤ #SilenceForManchester pic.twitter.com/6juc2qjxeD
— Tiffiny Barragan (@jonatic101) May 23, 2017
Soon after the tragedy struck, the 23-year-old expressed her shock and devastation on Twitter, writing:
“broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don’t have words.”
broken.
from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23, 2017
The Side To Side singer is due to perform at London’s O2 Arena on Friday and Saturday night, and so far Ariana’s management or concert promoters have not cancelled the show.
The venue’s Facebook page posted an update, saying:
“We want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding today.
“We appreciate that you may be waiting for an update as to whether the show will go ahead on Thursday and Friday at The O2. We are in regular contact with the promoters of Ariana Grande’s tour and promise that as soon as we have information we will share it with you.”
The attack, which ISIS has claimed responsibility for although this has not been confirmed, is particularly appalling in that it targeted teenagers and tweens. An eight-year-old girl is confirmed to have been killed when the bomb detonated near the ticket box.
In the wake of the incident, the UK has raised its terror threat from severe to critical, with military deployed to the streets to protect people.
Prime Minister Theresa May denounced the “appalling sickening cowardice” of the suicide bomber, who has been named as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a UK-born 22-year-old of Libyan descent.
