This was revealed by the Malaysian High Commission in Britain yesterday, as it provided a statement confirming that no Malaysian students were injured in the blast.
The ministry said it had been officially notified on the matter by Education Malaysia United Kingdom & Ireland (Emuke).
The ministry also said there are 1,303 Malaysian students studying in three main universities in the city of Manchester, with a vast majority enrolled in the University of Manchester (1,081) and the rest in Manchester Metropolitan University (129) and University of Salford (93).
With a large student population in Manchester, there were fears that Malaysians could be among the victims of the horrific bomb blast that killed 22 people and injured more than 50 people. UK police have confirmed that the blast was a result of a terrorist attack and carried out by a suicide bomber.
Meanwhile, one of the six Malaysian students who attended the concert spoke to The Star about the ordeal he witnessed inside the Manchester Arena.
He related how the concert had just ended and the main lights were just coming on inside the venue.
Tan Zhie Jie, 22, who is a final year architecture student at the University of Manchester, said he had gotten up from his seat to walk out of the main concert hall.
“None of us knew what it was or what happened. My seat was in the upper circle and I saw many people, especially kids, screaming and crying.
“The next thing I knew, everything got chaotic and I was pushed all the way out to the exit,” he was quoted as saying by the daily.
He added how he was greeted by the sight of bleeding people, police cars and ambulances while making his exit through the lobby and out the venue.
Saying that he saw smoke from the other side, he realised only then that there was a bomb blast at the Manchester Arena.
Meanwhile, Tan also described the scene outside the venue with people crying, screaming, running, begging for help from the police, whom he said were also unsure of what to do at the point.
Tan, who hails from Kuala Lumpur, said though he had returned to his university hostel by bus the same night, he was so overwhelmed that he did not leave his hostel for classes yesterday.
“This is definitely the worst moment of my life, and I still can’t believe that the concert I’d been longing to go to would end like that,” Tan said, according to the daily. He added that he spoke to his father via a video phone call yesterday to say that he was safe.
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