The Atlantic Daily: An Attack on Manchester
What We’re Following The Attack in Manchester: The U.K. has raised its terrorism threat level to critical in the aftermath of a bombing at the Manchester Arena last night, which left 22 people dead and 59 wounded. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which targeted the attendees of an Ariana Grande concert—many of them teens and preteen girls. The motive behind the bombing remains unknown, but Grande’s career thus far has illustrated the values of independence and freedom of expression that terrorism seeks to undermine. As terrorist attacks hit the European continent over the past year, Britain had, until last night, remained largely unscathed. Terrorists, these attacks suggest, are innovating; now, governments need to keep pace.
