MORE than 50 people were injured in a series of terror bomb explosions which brought fear and chaos to the heart of Manchester.

Screaming shoppers ran for cover when the busy city was shaken by the first huge car bomb blast at 8.40am.

A second explosion followed 90 minutes later near St Ann's Square and a third at 10.10am near Market Place.

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