Manchester shop is slammed for selling ‘replica suicide bomb vest’ less than a mile from Arena where terror bomber Salman Abedi killed 22
- Sacha Lord, posted a picture of the garment at a shop in Manchester City Centre
- It comes just two years after Abedi set off a bomb in Manchester Arena killing 22
- Lord said he had seen the vest ‘a few times’ and it had bothered him each time
A shop in Manchester has been slammed by people on social media after selling what appears to be a replica suicide bomb vest less than a mile from the Manchester Arena where fanatic Salman Abedi killed 22 people.
Sacha Lord, Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, posted a picture online of the garment for sale on his Twitter account.
It comes just two years after Abedi set off a bomb in Manchester Arena that killed 22 innocent people, including seven children.
Sacha Lord, Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, posted a picture of the garment on his Twitter account
Other Twitter users reacted with absolute fury. It comes just two years after a terror attack in Manchester, killing 22 people
Another user said she ‘couldn’t agree more’ with Mr Lord. But another said it was ‘just fashion’
The shop in Manchester city centre is selling what looks like a replica fashion suicide bomb vest
He said: ‘This is for sale and displayed in the window of a clothes shop in the city centre.
‘I’ve seen it a few times and each time it’s bothered me. I can only think they think a fake vest is fashionable. What sort of message does that send out.’
One person on Twitter said: ‘Seriously who would design that and think it’s ok and then who would think it’s ok to stick it in a shop window.
‘I know what people wear camo etc but a stab vest type of clothing is a bit odd in these sad times.’
While another person said: ‘First thing I though (sic) if was a bomb vest. why oh why!!’
Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi, killed 22 innocent people after blowing himself up
Some 22 men, women and children were murdered at the Manchester Arena when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a device in the foyer at the end of the singer’s show.
Events took place across the city last week to mark two years since the bombing.
Including a private memorial service at St Ann’s Church in Manchester for the families of those killed, anyone injured in the attack and the emergency workers who attended the devastating scene.
Grande organised and performed at the One Love concert in June 2017 to raise money for the emergency fund launched following the attack, and has regularly spoken since about the trauma of events that night.
The inquests into the deaths of the 22 victims have been delayed while authorities await the extradition from Libya of Hashem Abedi, the brother of suicide bomber Salman Abedi.