HUNDREDS of people are desperately searching for loved ones in the aftermath of a terror attack at Manchester Arena which left 22 dead and at least 59 injured.
Parents, relatives and friends are frantically trying to contact people still missing after the explosion, flooding social media with images as they try to track them down.
Thousands of teenagers were inside the arena for a concert by Ariana Grande on Monday night, and Greater Manchester Police chief constable Ian Hopkins has confirmed children are among those killed.
The families of two teenage girls from the Isle of Barra who are missing after the suicide bombing in Manchester have appealed for help in tracing the pair.
Laura MacIntyre, 15, and Eilidh MacLeod, 14, have not been seen since the attack. The girls were accompanied by family on their trip to Manchester.
The families of two girls from the Western Isles missing after attending the concert in Manchester targeted in a terror attack have issued appeals on social media.
Laura MacIntyre and Eilidh MacLeod, from Barra, were at the Ariana Grande concert on Monday night in Manchester Arena where an explosion left 22 dead and at least 59 injured.
Family members said the girls had not been heard from since the explosion.
Laura's father Michael MacIntyre posted an appeal on Twitter, saying: "Please ... please reetweet.
"Looking for my daughter and her friend. Laura Macintyre and Eilidh Macleod #manchesterattack."
Eilidh's aunt Margaret MacNeil wrote on Facebook: "Please please please share!
"My niece and her friend were at the Ariana Grande concert tonight and there has been no contact since the explosion.
"Please let us find the girls safe and well. They are Eilidh MacLeod and Laura MacIntyre."
Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil was among tens of thousands who shared the appeal and said he was "very worried" about the missing girls.
A member of Laura's family has told BBC Alba that there has been no contact with the girls since Monday night. She asked that people share the photograph of the two friends on social media and urged the girls to get in touch.
The first named victim of the Manchester Arena terror attacks is 18-year-old Georgina Bethany Callander who had been attending the Ariana Grande concert. Her friends have taken to Twitter to express their grief at losing their friend.
A spokesperson from Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire confirmed her as Georgina Callander, who was in her second year of study.
"It is with enormous sadness that it appears that one of the people who lost their lives in Monday’s Manchester attack was one of our students here at Runshaw College.
Georgina Callander was a former Bishop Rawstorne pupil studying with us on the second year of her Health and Social Care course.
Our deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers go out to all of Georgina’s family, friends, and all of those affected by this loss.
A spokesperson from Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire named her as Georgina Callander, who was in her second year of study.
It is with enormous sadness that it appears that one of the people who lost their lives in Monday’s Manchester attack was one of our students here at Runshaw College.
Georgina Callander was a former Bishop Rawstorne pupil studying with us on the second year of her Health and Social Care course.
Our deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers go out to all of Georgina’s family, friends, and all of those affected by this loss."
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