In the search for some humanity amid this tragic situation, reports of Ariana Grande apparently having reached out to the families of victims of the Manchester Arena attack have been seized upon by grieving fans.
A Twitter account devoted to the singer, Ariana Updates!, tweeted: "News on Ariana: Ariana has reached out to the families who's loves ones died last night....she is gonna pay for the funerals!'" (sic).
The post has been retweeted 32,000 times and favourited 72,000 times at the time of writing, and is now being widely reported.
We've been trying to get hold of a representative for Grande to clarify whether Ariana did indeed reach out to the families and will update this story as and when they respond.
News on Ariana: Ariana has reached out to the families who's loves ones died last night....she is gonna pay for the funerals! pic.twitter.com/lmGHt4GbEg — Ariana Updates! (@ArianaDailyWW) May 23, 2017
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A suicide bomber killed 22 people and left 119 injured at Grande's concert on Monday night. The rest of her world tour has been either postponed or cancelled.
"Broken," the singer tweeted after the concert. "From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don't have words."
Out of respect for the victims, other acts including Blondie and Take That cancelled their planned UK concerts this week.
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Thousands of soldiers are set to bolster police forces after Theresa May raised the threat level to the highest possible rating, meaning another atrocity is expected imminently.
will1999 on May 25th, 2017 at 17:17 UTC »
PLEASE STOP. This is all unconfirmed and only supported by a fan twitter account. This is by no means news, truth, or fact. The last thing that needs to happen is for the internet guilt tripping her into doing it or for the families to be crushed if this turns out to be false.
Gibbzee on May 25th, 2017 at 16:34 UTC »
So out of all the people to trust, we're going with a random fan account?
If it's true, then good on her, that's a really nice gesture, however I think we should wait for confirmation before squealing with excitement.
misfitx on May 25th, 2017 at 13:18 UTC »
I just want to give her a big Internet hug. Can't imagine what she's going through, or everyone else affected by this.