Singer-songwriter Asake has said his “heart is with those who were injured” in an apparent crowd crush at his concert in south London. Four people are in a critical condition, the Metropolitan Police said, after a total of eight were taken to hospital from the O2 Academy Brixton by ambulance on Thursday night. Police are investigating an apparent crush at a gig by Afrobeats singer-songwriter Asake at the O2 Academy Brixton (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)Lambeth Police said they are urgently investigating what happened in the “extremely upsetting incident”. “I saw everyone at the front door of Brixton Academy, (then) everything just stopped,” he said. “People at the front of the Brixton Academy were really pushing and shoving and trying to break through the door and force their way in,” he said.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2022 12:46 UTC