© Joel Goodman - 07973 332324 . 22/05/2019. Manchester, UK . Survivor and father ANDY WHOLEY , who was waiting to collect his daughter in the foyer of Manchester Arena when the bomb was triggered . People in St Ann's Square in Manchester City Centre on the second anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing following a private service in St Ann's Church . On the evening of 22nd May 2017 , Salman Abedi murdered 22 people and seriously injured dozens more , when he exploded a bomb in the foyer of the Manchester Arena as concert-goers were leaving an Ariana Grande gig . Photo credit : Joel Goodman