Crowd crush at Asake concert in London kills 1, critically injures 2 - The Washington Post

The crush occurred Thursday evening astatine O2 Academy Brixton, besides known arsenic Brixton Academy, a renowned performance venue successful London wherever the Nigerian Afrobeats vocalist Asake was performing. “A ample fig of radical were attempting to unit entry” into the venue, constabulary said. Videos showed a assemblage spilling into a constrictive entranceway arsenic radical screamed and onlookers recorded the scene.

First responders performed CPR and archetypal aid. They responded soon aft 9 p.m. Thursday to reports of the crush, constabulary said. Eight radical were hospitalized with evident injuries from the episode, constabulary said.

An autopsy was acceptable to beryllium conducted connected Ikumelo connected Sunday, constabulary said. Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove said successful a connection that “an urgent investigation” into the occurrence was underway, noting that “this is inactive a accelerated moving and evolving representation and we are moving to found the events that led up to the incident.”

Police appealed to the 4,000 radical estimated to person been astatine the lawsuit for photograph and video submissions that whitethorn assistance portion unneurotic the circumstances that led to the crush. The venue for the sold-out performance tin clasp a maximum of astir 5,000 people.

Ikumelo’s household said successful a connection issued done the Metropolitan Police that the 33-year-old was a nursing postgraduate and an “adorable parent of 2 children who loved moving with kids. She was good respected successful the household for her care, kindness and love.”

Asake, the singer, said successful a statement posted connected societal media that helium had spoken with Ikumelo’s household and was “devastated by the news” of her death.

“I americium overwhelmed with grief and could ne'er person imagined thing similar this happening,” helium said, adding that helium and his squad were “awaiting the afloat debrief” from the venue and constabulary “to find what precisely led to each the disruption.”

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said helium was “heartbroken that this could hap to Londoners successful our city” and urged radical with accusation astir the concern to interaction police. “I won’t remainder until we person the answers their loved ones request and deserve,” helium tweeted.

The fatal lawsuit successful London follows the deaths of 11 radical from a assemblage crush astatine a performance successful October successful Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, connected the aforesaid nighttime a assemblage crush successful Seoul left 158 radical dead. Earlier that month, a crush astatine an Indonesian shot stadium killed astatine slightest 130 people.

Washington Post investigations into the crushes successful Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood and astatine the Kanjuruhan stadium successful Malang, Indonesia, recovered superior missteps by officials successful each calamity — a dilatory constabulary effect and deficiency of assemblage power successful Seoul, and a barrage of teardrop state and closed exits successful Malang — that contributed to the precocious decease tolls.