The president added, Our society can have no tolerance for this continuation of bloodshed.

This wicked ideology must be obliterated and I mean completely obliterated and the innocent life must be protected.

All innocent lives, life must be protected.

According to authorities, a reported explosion took place just outside Manchester Arena at the conclusion of Grandes concert.

Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said ina statementTuesday, The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena.

We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive equipment which he detonated causing this atrocity.

We would ask people not to speculate on his details or to share names.

There is a complex and wide ranging investigation underway.

Grande and her teamreleased a statementshortly after the incident.

We mourn the lives of children and loved ones taken by this cowardly act, it read.