A Scottish dad has told of the ‘carnage’ he witnessed as he tried to find his daughter following the bomb blast at the Manchester Arena.
Jimmy Geddes, of Wishaw , North Lanarkshire , was waiting outside the venue on Monday night when the attack happened.
His 14-year-old daughter Annalyse was at the concert with a friend.
He told BBC Scotland: “As I entered the foyer area it was just carnage. There were just bodies lying everywhere. It was just horrific. And I’d told the kids to come out that way.”
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He said he went to the section of the arena where his daughter had been sitting and told people there not to go towards the main entrance.
“I saw my girl and her wee pal coming out of the door. I gave them the biggest hug ever,” he told the broadcaster.
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“Even as we got into the car I was thinking something could still happen,” he added.
“Everybody was just desperate to get out of the car park.”
The atrocity, committed by 22-year-old Salman Abedi, killed 22 innocent people last Monday night, many of whom were children who had travelled to watch pop icon Ariana Grande’s concert.