Four people in critical condition after crowd trouble at Asake concert
Four people are in critical condition after crowd trouble at a concert in south London.
"You've got 3,000 people have broken the doors outside and because of security the police have asked us to close the show." One woman wrote on Twitter:"I was squashed, people stampeded in after hours of standing outside and having the doors closed. I could not breathe."Met Police gold commander Ade Adelekan described the incident as"extremely distressing".
"The scene will be examined by specialist officers, CCTV will be viewed, every witness that we can make contact with will be spoken to and all other lines of enquiry will be followed. He added:"I am aware of video being shared on social media. I would ask people to be sensible about what they share, and not to post material that will be upsetting to those affected by this incident.
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