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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

Manchester Arena attack victims accused of acting by online trolls as conspiracy theorist filmed them to 'see if injuries were real'

Over five years on from the terrorist attack which took the lives of 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, Martin Hibbert's daughter, Eve, still spends two days a week in hospital.

Mr Hibbert, 45, was standing with Eve, then 14, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest shortly after 10pm on May 22, 2017 in the foyer of the Manchester Arena.

He suffered 22 shrapnel wounds, including one that severed his spinal cord, as he attempted to shield Eve from the blast. But one bolt struck her in the head, causing a significant brain injury that he compared to 'being shot in the head.'

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