(May 23): UK police said at least 19 people were killed in a suspected terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester, northern England, in the worst such incident on British soil since the London bombings of 2005.

Fifty people were injured in the blast, Greater Manchester Police said in a statement posted on its website. The incident happened Monday night outside the 21,000-seat Manchester Arena after a concert by Ariana Grande, a 23 year-old U.S. pop singer, that was attended by hundreds of children. No one has claimed responsibility.

“This is currently being treated as a terrorist incident until police know otherwise,” the police said in the statement.

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