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Police evacuate Manchester shopping centre

Associated Press Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 12:57 Last update: about 8 years ago

Police have evacuated a large shopping center in Manchester, England. Police declined to comment on media reports that they have arrested a man there.

July McKenzie, who was shopping when the Arndale shopping center, said: "We were just in the shop and could hear people screaming and security guards telling everybody to get out."

Some people left the scene in tears, while others waited outside the mall.

The Arndale center was rebuilt after an IRA bombing in 1996.

22 died in a terrorist attack during a concert in Manchester last night.

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