If no arrests have yet been made, eight people have been taken to hospital.
Four people were hospitalized and are on the morning of Friday, December 16, in a state of “criticalafter a stampede Thursday evening at the entrance to a concert hall in London. This was called at 9:35 p.m. (local and GMT) after reports that a “large number of people trying to force entryof the O2 Academy, in the district of Brixton. Eight people were taken to hospital, four of whom remain in a conditioncritical“Said Scotland Yard.
Once there, the emergency services found a number of people with injuries attributed to the stampede. Two people with less serious injuries were treated at the scene.
No arrests at this time
A “urgent investigation has been opened“, added the police and a security cordon was deployed around the performance hall, which hosted a concert by Nigerian Afrobeat singer Asake on Thursday evening. The findings are continuing on the spot, said the police, adding that no arrests had been made.
According to the left-leaning tabloid Daily Mirror, the gig was called off en route, to boos from onlookers, with the team announcing on stage: “3000 people forced the doors outside, and for security reasons the show had to be ended“. Calling the facts “extremely upsettingLondon Police Commander Ade Adelekan called for good judgment in videos shared on social media. Many of them show clashes between the crowd and the police.
“Where force has been used by police officers, these officers know they must be held accountable for their actions“, he added, specifying that the police would use in this regard all the materials at their disposal, in particular the cameras carried by the police officers. He further assured that “no police dogwas not used. The police have appealed for witnesses.
SEE ALSO – London under the snow, chaos in stations and airports