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'We Just Can't Understand It,' Says Windsor Woman In Manchester

A Windsor woman living in Manchester, England says residents in the city are just trying to wrap their heads around why anyone would want to set off a bomb at an Ariana Grande concert.

"Like, Ariana Grande; that's like pre-teens. It's kids," says Emily Regier. "Innocent kids. We just can't understand it."

Regier lives in the southern Manchester neighbourhood of Fallowfield, where police have arrested a 23-year-old suspect in the bombing that killed 22 people, some of them children as young as 8 years old.

"It's a student area," says Regier. "I guess the guy was living in just a regular house, just like the one I live in. It hits very close to home."

Police surrounded the home and conducted a controlled detonation. There was also a raid at a second location in the city.

Regier says Manchester, the second largest city in the United Kingdom, is usually very busy, but Tuesday morning, the streets were very quiet. She says most people are in shock and on edge.

"They evacuated the main shopping mall in the city centre, because they thought there was a threat. I guess it was a false alarm," she says.

The mall has since reopened.

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the attack at Manchester Arena. Police say one man set off the explosion just as concert goers were leaving the venue and died in the blast.

Officials around the world are reacting to the terrorist attack with disgust. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded in a statement saying he was "devastated" and that federal officials are working to find any Canadians impacted. U.S. President Donald Trump called the bombers "evil losers," while British Prime Minister Theresa May called it an act of "appalling, sickening cowardice."

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