{"id":81297,"date":"2017-05-23T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=17b6296757054cfd53cc8ee1930bb1ca"},"modified":"2017-05-23T06:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:36:00","slug":"news-story-home-secretarys-statement-on-the-manchester-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81297","title":{"rendered":"News story: Home Secretary\u2019s statement on the Manchester attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Home Secretary, Amber Rudd said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I know that some people will only just be waking up to the news of the horrific attacks in Manchester last night.<\/p>\n<p>This was a barbaric attack, deliberately targeting some of the most vulnerable in our society \u2013 young people and children out at a pop concert.<\/p>\n<p>My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and the victims who have been affected, and I know the whole country will share that view.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to pay tribute to the emergency services who have worked throughout the night professionally and effectively \u2013 they have done an excellent job.<\/p>\n<p>Later on this morning, I will be attending COBRa, chaired by the Prime Minister, to collect more information \u2013 to find out more \u2013 about this particular attack, and I can\u2019t comment any more on that at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The public should remain alert but not alarmed. If they have anything to report, they should approach the police.<\/p>\n<p>But I have two further things to add.<\/p>\n<p>The great city of Manchester has been affected by terrorism before. Its spirit was not bowed; its community continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This time it has been a particular attack on the most vulnerable in our society \u2013 its intention was to sow fear \u2013 its intention is to divide. But it will not succeed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/manchester-attack-may-2017-support-for-people-affected\">support available if you have been affected by the attack in Manchester.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has given a statement following yesterday\u2019s attack in Manchester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81305,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81297\/revisions\/81305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}