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Ariana Grande ‘offers to pay for funerals of Manchester victims’

The singer reportedly wants to help the devastated families

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After the devastating attack at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester on Monday, the singer has reportedly offered to pay for the victims’ funerals.

The incident, in which 22 died and 119 were injured, left the American star “broken”.

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A fan website called Ariana Updates has shared a post saying: “News on Ariana: Ariana has reached out to the families whose loved ones died last night….she is gonna pay for the funerals!”

The same message was uploaded to Twitter.

The 23-year-old is said to have suspended her Dangerous Woman tour, and has now flown home to the US.

She was pictured being greeted by her boyfriend Mac Miller as she got off the plane.

Ariana was walking back to her dressing room when the suicide bomber set off the detonator.

The singer tweeted: “broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don’t have words.”

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Nine of the victims have now been named, with one of them being eight-year-old Saffie Roussos and 18-year-old Ariana super-fan Georgina Callander.

According to reports, Ariana’s mother Joan escorted terrified fans to safety when the explosion hit.

She called 10 children to follow her backstage and into a dressing room. They were safely evacuated when police arrived.

Ariana hasn’t yet released a statement or posted to social media since Monday night.


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor

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