Manchester United hold minute’s silence following terror attack

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Manchester United have expressed their shock at the terrorist attack in Manchester and held a minute&&num;8217&semi;s silence before their last training session before flying to Wednesday&&num;8217&semi;s Europa League final in Stockholm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Greater Manchester Police have confirmed children are among the 22 killed and 59 wounded by a bomb that exploded after a concert by American pop star Ariana Grande at the Manchester Arena on Monday night&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;United have also cancelled a scheduled press conference in Stockholm on Tuesday evening and Old Trafford is closed to the public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement&comma; the club said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Due to the tragic events in Manchester last night&comma; and the effect that this has had on everyone here at the club and within our city&comma; we have decided to cancel this evening&&num;8217&semi;s pre-match press conference&period; &&num;8220&semi;We are sure that&comma; in the circumstances&comma; you will all understand our position on this matter&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An earlier statement said everyone at United was &&num;8220&semi;deeply shocked by last night&&num;8217&semi;s terrible events&&num;8221&semi; and the club&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;thoughts and prayers&&num;8221&semi; went out to everyone affected&comma; including children from their Manchester United Foundation partner schools who were attending the concert&period; Messages of condolence&comma; defiance and support have been coming in ever since news broke of the appalling incident&comma; with many governing bodies saying they will take increased security measures at events&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement released to Press Assocation Sport&comma; a spokesperson for the Football Association said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Fan safety is of paramount importance and we have robust security measures in place at Wembley Stadium&period; &&num;8220&semi;In collaboration with the Metropolitan Police and the local authorities there will be an enhanced security operation for all upcoming events&period; All supporters are encouraged to arrive for events at Wembley Stadium as early as possible for security checks and to avoid any delays in entering the stadium&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wembley is set to host the FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea on Saturday&comma; the League Two play-off final between Blackpool and Exeter on Sunday and the Championship play-off final between Huddersfield and Reading on Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed86226e029">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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