Getty Images/Dave Hogan for One Love ManchesterThe families of the 22 people killed in the bombing outside an Ariana Grande concert in the English city of Manchester each will receive around $320,000 from the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.
Manchester City Council Deputy Leader Sue Murphy, chair of the We Love Manchester fund, told ABC News, that the fund has received donations or pledges so far totally more than $23 million and has paid out about half of the money it’s received.
The fund also has made payments to the injured, including people who were in the hospital for more than seven days.
Murphy told ABC News that the fund is hoping to disburse all the money as quickly as possible to the injured, but the organization wants to be thoughtful about how that is done. “It’s really important that we get it right,” she said.
Murphy also revealed that there will be at least one permanent memorial erected in the city at some point, but that a separate fund will be established to pay for that since the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund is specifically for the victims of the bombing.
On May 22, an ISIS sympathizer, Salman Abedi, exploded a bomb outside the venue in Manchester were Ariana’s concert was just ending.
Ariana organized a benefit concert that took place in June featuring Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, The Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay and more. That concert raised almost $3.5 million for the Emergency Fund.
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