Pop star Ariana Grande declared on Monday that she was “broken” five hours after a bombing killed 19 people and wounded dozens of others at her concert in Manchester, England.
Reacting to the bomb explosion, Grande said on Twitter: “Broken from the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don’t have words.”
Representatives for Grande have said that the 23-year-old pop star was physically “okay” following the blast, which British authorities say was being treated as a terrorist attack.
Two US officials revealed to Reuters on condition of anonymity that initial signs pointed to a suicide bomber as being responsible for the bombing.
Distraught Grande was performing in Manchester during the European edition of a concert tour to support her latest album, “Dangerous Woman.”
She was scheduled to perform at London’s O2 arena on Thursday and then in Belgium, Poland and Germany in the coming weeks. It was not immediately clear whether those concerts would go forward following Monday’s attack.
Grande, who starred in the Broadway musical “13” and on the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious before releasing her solo debut album, is credited with having an exceptionally broad vocal range for a pop star.