Family and friends of a 29-year-old gay man named Martyn Hett are bracing for the worst after last night’s bomb explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.
According to reports, Hett is still missing and nobody has heard from him in aftermath of the killings.
22 concertgoers are now confirmed dead and over 59 (to date) were injured by the bombing. News reports indicated the explosion happened minutes after the concert ended at the Manchester Arena.
News reports indicate authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack. At the moment, the current thinking is one lone attacker was involved who died at the scene.
Pink News is reporting Greater Manchester Police have also charged another man, 23, in connection to the massacre.
As reported in Queerty, Hett works as a digital manager at Rumpus PR. He was intended to go on vacation to the United States for two months shortly after the concert.
His brother Dan reported him as missing this morning.
my brother @martynhett was at the #manchester arena last night and hasn't checked in. if anyone has seen him in any way *please* contact me pic.twitter.com/Gu5w7cjyF0
— Dan Hett (@danhett) May 23, 2017
“My brother was at the Manchester Arena last night and hasn’t checked in.”
“If anyone has seen him in any way *please* contact me”.
My brother @martynhett on the right was at the concert tonight, he hasn't contacted anybody. Has anybody seen him. #manchesterarena pic.twitter.com/sJMa8PFe6Y
— Matt Rowe (@mattrowe27) May 22, 2017
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Aspinall posted the following message of Facebook:
“The more news that is coming out, the scarier this is getting.
There was an explosion at the Ariana Grande concert tonight in Manchester and I haven’t seen my friend Martyn since.
He went to the bar about 20 minutes before the end of the concert and got chatting to some girls.
As I was leaving, the explosion happened and everyone started running.
I just want to find out that he’s safe somewhere.”
Making a statement to the Manchester Evening News, he added: “It was so surreal. It almost didn’t seem real but everyone started running and screaming.”
Scores of people have tweeted their best wishes and prayers that the Manchester resident be found safe and unharmed.
Please call call 0161 856 9400 or 0161 856 9900 if you have any information on Hett.
[Special thanks to Queerty for posting so that other US based LGBT news organizations might see]
