NEW: Death toll from attack rises to 22, police confirm children among the dead
Attacker, believed to have been carrying an improvised bomb, also died at the scene
(CNN) Monday's attack outside an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena killed at least 22 people, including children, and was carried out by a lone suspect carrying a bomb, Manchester Police said.
"The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena. We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device, which he detonated, causing this atrocity," said Chief Constable Ian Hopkins.
While police believe the suspect was acting alone, investigations are ongoing to establish if he was part of a network.
As many as 400 police were deployed overnight, Hopkins said early Tuesday. He added that residents should expect to see more armed officers on the streets.
If confirmed as a terror incident, it would be the deadliest attack on British soil since the 2005 London bombings, which killed 52 people.
Latest developments
Almost 60 people were also injured in the attack
UK Prime Minister Theresa May: incident an "appalling terrorist attack"
Government to hold emergency Cobra committee Tuesday
Ariana Grande tweets that the incident left her "broken"
Mancunians open their doors, offer rides, to those left stranded by area lockdown
Emergency phone line set up: +44 (0)161 856 9400
How it happened
As concertgoers -- many of them young fans of the singer -- were beginning to leave the arena after Grande's closing set, an explosion rocked the area. Confusion followed as people fled in search of safety, and the sound of wailing sirens soon cut through the smoky air outside the arena.
The incident happened shortly after Grande had left the stage, according to eyewitnesses. Coral Long, the mother of a 10-year-old concertgoer, told CNN's Hala Gorani that they were getting ready to leave the arena when they heard a loud bang from the left side of the arena.
People started running following the explosion, she said. "How we weren't crushed to death is a miracle."
She said her daughter was "devastated -- for her to be 10 years old and witness something like that is just horrific.
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