
Four schoolgirls aged 14 to 15 have now been named among the victims of the Manchester suicide bomber who slaughtered children as young as eight when he blew himself up at an Ariana Grande pop concert. Fourteen-year-olds Sorrel Leczkowski (bottom right) and Nell Jones (top right), who was watching the US singer on crutches, were both murdered in cold blood when 22-year-old terrorist Salman Abedi detonated an explosive packed with nuts and bolts at the Manchester Arena.
An off duty female police officer was also killed in the blast along with a Coronation Street superfan, an ex-footballer's wife, a Polish couple whose two daughters have now been orphaned and the youngest victim named so far, eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos (left). Olivia Campbell, 15, (right, top left) sixth form student Georgina Callander, 18, (right, bottom left) and schoolgirl Megan Hurley had earlier been named among the 22 victims.
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One of her friends, Freya Lewis, was pulled alive from the bloody aftermath before 'staggering' into the arms of a heroic stranger, but Nell had been unaccounted for until she was confirmed dead today.
Sorrell passed away with her mother and grandmother at her side in hospital, while 15-year-old Olivia Campbell, sixth form student Georgina Callander and schoolgirl Megan Hurley had earlier been named among the victims. It brings the total number named to 15.
Freya's father said his daughter had been 'sewn, bolted, drilled and bandaged back together' following ten and a half hours in surgery and is now stable in hospital.
A total of 22 people were killed and 119 injured in what was the worst terrorist atrocity on British soil since the 7/7 London bombings in 2005.
A serving police officer from Cheshire, who was off duty at the time, also died in the attack, Greater Manchester Chief Constable Ian Hopkins confirmed. She has not yet been named but her husband is said to be critically ill in hospital. The couple's two children were injured.
Homegrown terrorist Abedi also orphaned two sisters, one aged just 12, when he blew himself up with an explosive device packed with nuts and bolts.
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