Daesh Claims Responsibility for Deadly Manchester Attack

The Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group has taken responsibility for Monday night’s attack at the Manchester Arena that killed 22 people, including children, and wounded 59 others.

“One of the soldiers of the Caliphate was able to place an explosive device within a gathering of the Crusaders in the city of Manchester,” the group said in a statement Tuesday, according to Press TV.

A suicide bomber with an “improvised” explosion device targeted a concert arena in Manchester as thousands of young people streamed from the venue.

 The Royal Family expressed shock over “this act of barbarity” in Manchester.

In a statement published on the Royal Family’s official website, Queen Elizabeth II condemned the “dreadful event” and thanked the emergency services for handling the situation.

British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the attack as “among the worst terrorism” in the United Kingdom.

“All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice,” May said in a statement outside Downing Street on Tuesday.

The incident was the worst terrorist attack in Britain since the July 7, 2005 bombings in central London, which killed 52 people.

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