Poles among missing after Manchester terror attack

Poland's foreign ministry announced that “a number of Poles” are among the missing after the terror attack during the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday. According to the resort, they are parents of children who attended the concert. The ministry did not reveal how many Poles are still unacounted for, but UK TV station ITV reported that Polish teenager was looking for her Polish parents on social media after they couldn't be reached after the attack. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate General in Manchester are verifying all information and media reports regarding Poles in Manchester. The consuls are in constant contact with and are providing assistance to the families of Polish citizens who went missing in Manchester,” the foreign ministry said on its website. Twenty-two people, including children, were killed and 59 injured when a suicide bomber attacked concertgoers at Manchester Arena. Police named Manchester born Salman Abedi as the suspect. Polish PM Beata Szydło and President Andrzej Duda condemned the attack and expressed their condolences to the British people. “Terrorist attacks, anxiety about the lives of one’s loved ones, is what Europe is today struggling with, what the world is struggling with today. This is something that should never happen of course, but is something that today is a European reality,” Duda said.