Nigerian music artiste, Asake had to call his latest show in London, United Kingdom off due to security breach.
According to reports gathered, at least four people reported being in a critical condition after a suspected crush during the concert in south London.
It was revealed that several concertgoers breached his sold-out show at the O2 Academy Brixton without acquiring tickets on Thursday, December 15.
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A social media user took to Twitter to claim that more than 1,000 people showed up without tickets to attend the concert of Asake.
The BBC reports that eight people have been taken to hospital, with four in a critical condition, after a suspected crush during the event in London.
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Police and other emergency services were called to the O2 Academy in Brixton as the unfortunate event began to escalate.
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Security and Aviation Commander in the Metropolitan Police’s Aviation and Security Specialist Operations unit, Commander Ade Adelekan, said that the police have launched an investigation on the issue.
“They arrived to find a number of people with injuries believed to have been caused by crushing. Detectives are investigating the circumstances which led to four people sustaining critical injuries,” he said.
Adelekan assured that the scene will be examined by specialist officers as part of an investigation which will be “as thorough and as forensic as necessary“.
In his words, “This is an extremely upsetting incident which has left four people critically ill in hospital, a police investigation has been launched, and it will be as thorough and as forensic as necessary to establish exactly what happened last night.”
He added that specialist officers will examine the scene and the CCTV, and he also appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
