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Injury count should be changed

Latest comment: 4 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

In my opinion, we should just include the physical injuries. Because if we're counting mentally traumatized too, we should change almost every article about similar incidents too. ClockEater49 (talk) 18:18, 12 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

This was previously discussed in Talk:Manchester Arena bombing/Archive 6. Nowadays, conditions such as PTSD would be counted as an injury caused by the bombing, and many of the people in the arena on the night suffered lasting psychological trauma. This is explained in note a.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:54, 12 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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