Sadly, some of the first dead to be identified are turning out to be young girls that had their whole lives ahead of them.   Teens, and even pre-teens as young as 8 are among the dead.

The suicide bomber has been identified as being 22 year old Salman Abedi.   Abedi is the British born son of immigrants from Libya.  The rest of his family recently returned to Libya to live, but Abedi stayed behind in the UK.   His parents have been quoted as saying that they did not want to live in a non-Islamic nation any longer.  

British police have already arrested another man as being an accomplice in the attack, but he has yet to be identified.

The death toll has now risen to 22.