- Title: Sombre mood in Manchester, armed police patrol streets
- Date: 26th May 2017
- Summary: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF POLICE AT CORDON BY MANCHESTER ARENA ENTRANCE OF MANCHESTER ARENA POLICE AT CORDON OUTSIDE ARENA SIGN READING (English): "POLICE CORDON" POLICE OFFICER TALKING ON WALKIE-TALKIE TWO POLICE OFFICERS WALKING IN STREET / PEOPLE WALKING ST. ANN'S SQUARE VARIOUS OF FLOWERS AND BALLOONS CANDLES (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN AT FLORAL TRIBUTE, PETE (SURNAME UNKNOWN), SAYING: "Seems pretty sombre. We're just, we're just ... I was due to be in Manchester anyway, but it just seems very quiet. This is just so moving. It's amazing the way the whole world has come together. It's fantastic, but it's difficult to say anything, isn't it?" VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICE ARMED POLICE ON GUARD AT ST. ANN'S SQUARE / BALLOONS BALLOONS, FLOWERS AND BRITISH FLAGS WIDE OF FLORAL TRIBUTE (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN AT FLORAL TRIBUTE, SAYING: "It's quiet. It's not like this normally. Quite sad, quite down but when you see all the lovely flowers you realise there's a lot of good. Yes, good prevails, I think. Manchester!" (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN AT FLORAL TRIBUTE, SAYING: "It's just usually very noisy. Shouts, screams. That's Manchester. But today it's quiet. I'm very upset about the children." VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICE ON GUARD IN FRONT OF FLORAL TRIBUTE
- Embargoed: 9th June 2017 10:35
- Keywords: police patrols St Ann's square floral tribute paying respects Manchester concert bombing Minute's silence across the United Kingdom
- Location: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA0016IH61XJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The mood was sombre on Friday (May 26) as people in Manchester laid flowers at St. Ann's Square in tribute to the victims of the bomb attack which killed at least 22 people.
St. Ann's Square in Manchester has become the focal point for tributes to the victims. Flowers, teddies and balloons were laid at the monument of the square to remember those who died in the blast.
Armed police were highly visible on the streets of Manchester on Friday after the government had triggered Operation Temperer, a security measure allowing military personnel to be deployed at key sites.
Salman Abedi, who was born in Manchester in 1994 to Libyan parents, blew himself up on Monday (May 22) night at the Manchester Arena indoor venue at the end of a concert by U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande attended by thousands of children and teenagers. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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