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DERRY STUDENT SARAH HARKIN WALKED PAST MANCHESTER BOMB SCENE

written by John May 25, 2017
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Derry student Sarah Harkin walked Manchester Arena shortly before bomb went off

THE father of a Derry student who works at the Manchester Arena has said she walked past the scene of the explosion moments before it went off.

Hugh Harkin said his daughter Sarah is lucky to be alive.

Mr Harkin and his wife were at home in Derry when his 21-year-old daughter phoned from the arena.

Sarah Harkin had walked through the foyer past parents waiting for their children only seconds before the bomb exploded.

“She had just come out and crossed over the foyer and was just heading out of the building and 30 seconds later she just heard a massive explosion,” Mr Harkin said.

“Everybody was running and you could hear from the phone what she was describing – there was pandemonium, you hear people squealing and she was in an awful state.

“We just tried to calm her down and we were telling her ‘just keep moving, move away, get as far away from it as you can’.”

Mr Harkin – who is Kenny Shiels’ assistant manager at Derry City – said it was the most distressing night of their lives as their daughter fled to safety.

The family said while they are hugely relieved that their daughter is safe and well, their thoughts are with families who lost loved ones in the attack.

A total of 22 people were killed when Salman Abedi detonated a suicide bomb packed with shrapnel.

Among the dead was eight year old girl Saffie Rose Roussa, the youngest victim of the attack.

A total of eight people are now in custody being questioned about the attack.

Counter terrorism detectives believe Abedi did not act as a ‘lone wolf’ but as part of a network.

DERRY STUDENT SARAH HARKIN WALKED PAST MANCHESTER BOMB SCENE was last modified: May 25th, 2017 by John

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