Silent vigil in Belfast for the Manchester Bombing victims

A silent vigil has been held in Belfast to remember the victims of the Manchester bombing.

A small group held posters professing "we stand together" outside the gates of City Hall.

The horror unfolded at about 10.30pm last night at the end of a concert by the American singer Ariana Grande, whose music is popular with children and teenagers.

The attack, which took place in the foyer, caused hundreds of people to flee in terror, with young people at the concert separated from their parents in the chaos. It left a scene of carnage inside the concert venue, where medics described treating wounds consistent with shrapnel injury.

The attack came less than three weeks before Britain’s general election on 8 June and on the anniversary of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. In response, all parties have suspended campaigning. Flags outside Downing Street flew at half-mast.