Boy, 5, organises vigil for young Manchester attack victims after asking what children who died ‘will do in heaven without their mummies and daddies’
A YOUNG boy left distraught by the news some of the victims of the Manchester terror attack were only a few years older than him has organised a vigil.
The five-year-old asked his mum what the children who died "will do in heaven without their mummies and daddies" before deciding to put together a memorial.
"He keeps saying it's not fair and he wants to help. He said he wanted to release balloons for them and so I suggested we hold a memorial."
In total 22 people, including many children and teenagers, were killed in the attack.
Charlene said the family wants to show Manchester that they are with them in sharing the pain felt from the horrific attack on Monday night.
Charlene talked through what had happened when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated the bomb in Manchester Arena at the end of the Ariana Grande concert with her son.
She explained to him why adults were upset and added "it has really affected him".
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The youngster became scared to go to school but his mum hopes taking part in the vigil will help him understand what happened.
Britain has seen its terror threat level rise this week to critical – the first time it has been that high in a decade.
Immediately after the attack police began a desperate race against time to find the bomb gang behind the Manchester Arena massacre on Monday night.
A total of ten people have now been arrested over the devastating attack which saw 22 people killed and 64 injured.
A man and a woman were released without charged and eight men remain in custody for questioning.