A second woman has died after a crush outside a concert at London's Brixton Academy
One witness who made it out without severe injuries shared her experience on Twitter, writing: “I left my house to enjoy Asake, ended up having a panic attack in the queue because of the stampede and people not acting accordingly.Asake Concert started really great.But the show was shut down for security reasons.Video footage on social media shows the chaos outside with hundreds of people pushing each other and shouting.
One woman inside at the event said: "He's been on the stage for three minutes, they've locked it off. Apparently loads of people have breached the door. "My question is, why are you selling 3,000 tickets if not everyone can attend that would make no sense."We waited for three hours as well for him to come onto the stage for three minutes and it to be locked off."GettyChief supt. Wingrove said: "We are also aware of a vast amount of footage on social media and of course this will be examined as part of the investigation along with footage from officers’ body worn video cameras.
"We are working incredibly closely with our partners and community members and would like to thank them for their support so far in the investigation. We would also like to thank people for coming forward with information. “We have set up an online page for the submission of photos and videos. There were around 4,000 potential witnesses present at the time of this incident and we want to urge any members of the public with information to come forward.London mayor Sadiq Khan shared his condolences after the crush. He said: "I am heartbroken that this could happen to Londoners in our city and urge anyone with any information to contact the police on 101.
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