{"id":321831,"date":"2017-05-23T12:13:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=321831"},"modified":"2017-05-23T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T12:13:17","slug":"nana-addo-slams-manchester-bombing-as-despicable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=321831","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo slams Manchester bombing as &#8216;despicable&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned as despicable and cowardly the acts of persons behind the bombing in Manchester, UK, in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShocked and saddened by yesterday&#8217;s terror attack in Manchester, resulting in the deaths of 22 people and injuries to 59. I condemn these despicable and cowardly acts, and extend my deepest condolences to the affected families,\u201d President Akufo-Addo said in a series of tweets on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s attack outside an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena\u00a0killed at least 22 people, including children, according to Manchester Police.<\/p>\n<p>A lone suicide bomber set off a homemade bomb and police have subsequently arrested a 23-year-old man in Chorlton, south Manchester, in connection with the attack. Some of the victims have started being identified.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/96171772_shutterstock_editorial_8828037c_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321836\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/96171772_shutterstock_editorial_8828037c_large.jpg\" alt=\"_96171772_shutterstock_editorial_8828037c_large\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UK prime minister, Theresa May, in a statement, said it was &#8220;now beyond doubt that the people of Manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack&#8221; that targeted &#8220;defenceless young people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the security services believe they know the attacker&#8217;s identity but are not yet able to confirm it.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen also expressed her condolences to all those affected, adding that &#8220;the whole nation has been shocked by the death and injury&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This bombing marks the worst terrorist attack in the UK since the July 7 tube bombings in 2005 in which 52 people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned as despicable and cowardly the acts of persons behind the bombing in Manchester, UK, in the early hours of Monday. \u201cShocked and saddened by yesterday&#8217;s terror attack in Manchester, resulting in the deaths of 22 people and injuries to 59. I condemn these despicable and cowardly acts, and extend my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3,7397],"class_list":["post-321831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-ghana-news","tag-manchester-bombing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}