Survivors tell of fright, screams and gore

THE TERROR exploded into fear and tears and running feet. It turned a pop concert by Ariana Grande into smoke and blood, and screaming and pandemonium.

Concertgoer Abby Mullen posted a photo on Facebook detailing the events she saw play out as she left Manchester Arena on Monday.

Mullen said she had left the concert early to try to get home earlier. Instead, she ended up seeing the explosion happen right in front of her.

“Peoples skin/blood & Feces were everywhere including in my hair & on my bag, I’m still finding bits of god knows what in my hair. I am fine & back in my hotel I hope everyone involved and in front of me is okay,” Mullen wrote.

“You never ever expect these things to happen to you but this proves it can happen to anybody. That sound, The blood & those who where running around clueless with body parts & bits of skin missing will not be leaving my mind any time soon or the minds of those involved.”

Josh Elliott told BBC Radio 5 that when he heard the bang everyone screamed, then dropped to the floor. Then there were police cars everywhere and people were crying. “It was bedlam . . . it was horrific. We got up when we thought it was safe and got out as quickly as possible,” Elliot said.

David Richardson told The Independent the explosion occurred as people were starting to leave the show and he saw the smoke from the blast.

“Everyone just fled. Some people were injured. We saw blood on people when we got outside. People were just running all over the place,” Richardson said.

Majid Khan told The Independent when the “bomb-like bang” went off everyone panicked, and the people near the explosion came running toward the exit he and his sister were heading toward. Anyone bolting for a way out was looking for any exit they could find.

“Everyone was in a huge state of panic, calling each other as some had gone to the toilet whilst this had gone off, so it was just extremely disturbing for everyone there,” Khan said. He added he saw “20 to 30 people lying injured” by the box office.

Michelle Sullivan, who went to the show with her 12-year-old and 15-year-old daughters told the BBC what she saw was “really scary.”

“Just as the lights have gone down we heard a really loud explosion ... everybody screamed,” she said.

When they got out they told themselves to “keep on running, keep on running.”