A mother caught in the Manchester terror attack with her young daughter has shared horrific photos of their injuries as she revealed how shrapnel from the bomb felt 'like bits of fire'.

The images reveal deep wounds where pieces of the device tore through the pair's skin as they were caught in the blast while leaving an Ariana Grande concert.

Teaching assistant Lizzie Murtagh, 32, who was at the event with her daughter Olivia, 12, told MailOnline: 'It was like a film, it felt like when you watch it on the telly - it did not seem real. I just remember screaming 'oh my god', it didn't feel real.'

She continued: 'The floor was shaking. The woman in front of me was on the ground, bleeding really really badly.

'What scares me is that we could have died - literally five seconds ahead and we would have been gone.

'I just keep thinking 'what if we didn't leave when we did?''

Teaching assistant Lizzie Murtagh, 32, was at the event with her daughter Olivia, 12

Their horrific injuries were caused as pieces of the device tore through their skin

Olivia, 12, is pictured in hospital where medics cleaned up her wounds

The shrapnel from the explosive device also tore pieces through their clothing

Lizzie and her daughter were caught up in the worst UK atrocity since 2005 as a nail bomber murdered 22 concert-goers as young as eight at the concert.

As the pair tried to leave, a 'massive, massive bang' went off with an 'explosion and a big white light'.

Lizzie told MailOnline: 'I've never heard anything like it in my life. It's mad. The shrapnel was like bits of fire and it was sheer panic.

'There were people in front of us on the floor so I grabbed Olivia's arm and we were running as fast as we could in case another bomb went off.'

Teaching assistant Lizzie Murtagh told MailOnline: 'It was like a film, it felt like when you watch it on the telly - it did not seem real. I just remember screaming 'oh my god', it didn't feel real.'

The pair's injuries were treated by doctors in A&E although Lizzie says she still has a hole in her leg

The mother and daughter were among hundreds injured when a bomb went off at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

The shrapnel tore holes in the pair's clothing during the horror blast and left blood stains

Lizzie said of the injuries, pictured: 'It was ripped but I didn't even know I'd been hit - I didn't feel it with the adrenaline'

Lizzie said: 'We ran down the stairs with everyone - there were hundreds and hundreds of people around.

'I banged on the window of a taxi to get home and brought three girls with us.

'It wasn't until we got in that we realised we'd been hit from the state of our clothing.

'It was ripped but I didn't even know I'd been hit - I didn't feel it with the adrenaline.

'In the taxi I noticed a big massive rip in my jeans and my daughter said her back was sore and it felt hot.

'When i looked at her back, she had massive bruising and I had a hole in my leg. It was like nuts and bolts had hit us.'

She took this picture during the Ariana Grande concert in the hours before the horror blast

Lizzie, left, is pictured with her daughter Olivia, right, in the days before attending the concert at Manchester Arena

Lizzie says her daughter Olivia, 12, pictured, seems to be unaware of the true scale of the attack and is in shock

The suicide bomber Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent, was the son of an airport security worker, MailOnline can reveal.

Police today carried out a controlled explosion at the doorstep of his home during raids around the city.

Forensics officer were seen emerging from the killer's property carrying a booklet called Know Your Chemicals.

Police also raided a house where Abedi's brother, Ismail, lived and arrested a 23-year-old man, prompting speculation that Ismail had been detained.

Speaking the day after the attack, Lizzie continued: 'My ears have been ringing today so loud. When people were saying they thought it was balloons and a speaker I knew it wasn't.

'From the way it hit us, I said to Olivia that the small kids and adults ahead of us would be dead - it was that powerful.

'She's not even been upset - I don't think she realises how lucky we were. I'm in shock.

'It's just sad, it's really sad. I watched all the young children so happy and dead excited.

'They were so happy and they don't even come home. You don't expect that. They've gone to watch their idol.'