US President Donald Trump has
called those behind the Manchester suicide bombing and other similar
attacks "evil losers in life".
"I won't call them monsters because they would like that term. I will call them losers," he said in a speech in Bethlehem. World leaders have been sending messages of grief and solidarity to the UK city after the explosion at an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.
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"The most cowardly form of terrorism has struck once again, targeting - as in Paris more than a year ago - a concert venue," he said in a statement, referring to the attack at the Bataclan music venue in Paris in November 2015.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who also expressed condolences, plans to speak with Prime Minister Theresa May.
Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, said on French television that the attack had reopened wounds for victims of the 2016 truck attack in the southern French city, which was claimed by the so-called Islamic State group and killed more than 80 people.
He said the people of Nice relive the pain "every time some of our friends are hit".
In an interview with France Info, Mr Estrosi assumed an Islamist motive, saying: "We must wage war against the fifth column which crawls like an octopus through underground networks."
In his remarks in the West Bank, Mr Trump also spoke of an "evil ideology [which] must be completely obliterated".
"Our society can have no tolerance for this continuation of bloodshed," he said during his press conference with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Manchester Police have not yet released details about the attacker or his motive, but they say they are treating it as terrorism.
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