Elaine McIver

Elaine McIver, aged 43, from Frodsham, Cheshire was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing.

On 22 May 2017, at approximately 10:31 p.m., Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old British-Libyan man born in Manchester to Libyan parents, carried out a suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena in England at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. 

Abedi, a UK citizen who had recently returned from Libya, detonated a TATP-based nail bomb packed with shrapnel in the City Room foyer, killing 22 people (including children) and injuring 1,017 others (239 with physical injuries). 

His younger brother, Hashem Abedi (also British-Libyan), helped source materials and coordinate the attack from Libya; he was later convicted in the UK of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to cause an explosion, receiving a life sentence with a minimum term of 55 years. 

Cheshire Police officer Elaine McIver, who was off-duty at the concert, was an “extraordinary person”, her partner Paul Price said.

“She was always sorting things out for everyone or helping them – it was like her job was to make other people happy,” he said.

Her sister Lynda added that the 43-year-old had been a “very private person” and her family had been unsure whether to do a pen portrait as a result, but eventually decided they should, because “if anyone should say anything, it should be us”.

She said her sister had a “lust for life” and was “just a joy to be around”, adding: “She would hate to be remembered as a victim.”

Rest in peace Elaine. You will not be forgotten.