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scene & Heard<br />
STORY<br />
NEU WEE TEE<br />
18<br />
8<br />
The shock,<br />
the horror,<br />
The world mourns the<br />
victims of the terrorist<br />
attack at ARIANA GRANDE’s<br />
concert in Manchester.<br />
At the end of<br />
pop superstar<br />
Ariana Grande’s soldout<br />
concert at the<br />
Manchester Arena on<br />
May 22, 21,000 fans,<br />
ecstatic after seeing<br />
their idol perform,<br />
began their exodus out<br />
of the venue. As they<br />
passed through<br />
the foyer, a<br />
suicide bomber<br />
triggered an<br />
explosion,<br />
killing 23 people, including an eight-year-old<br />
girl, and injuring 59. One can only imagine the chaos, and<br />
the fear felt by those who were present, and how it must<br />
have been a stark contrast to the pumped-up mood that<br />
filled the venue only moments earlier. The pop star was<br />
not injured, and some five hours after the attack, she<br />
took to Twitter describing herself as "broken". "I am so<br />
so sorry. I don't have words," she said in the tweet.<br />
Ariana has since suspended her European tour —<br />
she was due to perform in London, Belgium, Poland,<br />
Germany, and Switzerland, and the tour will resume in<br />
Paris on <strong>June</strong> 7. She has also returned to Florida with<br />
her mum, who reportedly helped usher fans to safety<br />
backstage after the attack. Many celebs have also<br />
taken to social media to condemn the bombing. “Every<br />
musician feels sick & responsible tonight — shows should<br />
Other recent tragedies<br />
Places to enjoy pop<br />
culture don’t seem so<br />
safe anymore.<br />
JUN 12<br />
DAYS<br />
Orlando Nightclub<br />
Shooting<br />
2016 NOV 13<br />
About 320 people were<br />
inside the gay club when a heavilyarmed<br />
man opened fire inside the<br />
2015<br />
venue. 49 people were killed, and 53<br />
and<br />
the tears<br />
were injured, making this not just<br />
the deadliest incident of violence<br />
against LGBT people in US history,<br />
but the deadliest terrorist attack<br />
since 9/11.<br />
Bataclan Theatre Massacre<br />
American band Eagles of<br />
Death Metal was playing<br />
to an audience of around<br />
1,500 in Paris when three men<br />
armed with assault rifles opened<br />
fire on the crowd. The attack lasted<br />
20 minutes, leaving 89 dead and at<br />
least 99 critically injured.<br />
JUL 20<br />
2012<br />
Georgina<br />
Callender, one<br />
of the victims,<br />
with Ariana<br />
Grande.<br />
be safe for you,” wrote Lorde, while<br />
Bruno Mars had this to say: “I don’t wanna believe that<br />
the world we live in could be so cruel.”<br />
Aurora Shooting<br />
During a midnight<br />
screening of The Dark Knight<br />
Rises in Aurora, Colorado, a gunman<br />
set off tear gas grenades and shot<br />
into the audience with multiple<br />
firearms. 12 people were killed and<br />
70 were injured.