Hours after a suspected suicide bomber killed at least 19 people and wounded some 50 others at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, the singer took to her various social-media accounts to offer an apology of sorts for something that was definitely not her fault:
broken.
from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don’t have words.— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23, 2017
Shortly thereafter, Grande’s manager, Scooter Braun, posted a message of his own, writing “we mourn the lives of children and loved ones taken by this cowardly act.”
— Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) May 23, 2017
In a statement, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it was “closely monitoring” the situation in England and had “no information to indicate a specific credible threat involving music venues in the United States.”
DHS Statement on Incident at Manchester Arena ? https://t.co/GOnxIvEf2ppic.twitter.com/B9NlUipLfD
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) May 23, 2017