Recent reports state that another death has been recorded from the stampede at Asake’s Brixton concert on Friday 16th October 2022.
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Recall that over the weekend, 33-year-old Rebecca Ikumelo had passed away from injuries sustained during the stampede as fans without tickets tried to force their way into the venue.
A statement by the Metropolitan Police allege that another victim 23-year-old Gabrielle Hutchinson who was working security at the concert passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The concert, by Afro-pop singer Asake, was cut short on Thursday after a “large number of people” tried to force their way inside, the Met Police said.
A second woman has died following the crush at the @asakemusik gig at Brixton Academy on Friday evening. 23 year old Gabrielle Hutchinson was on the security team for the event, as a contractor. She passed away in the early hours of this morning. pic.twitter.com/SBzjoPUgMq
— Charlene White (@CharleneWhite) December 19, 2022
Meanwhile, a 21-year-old woman remains in a critical condition in hospital following the crush at Asake’s third sold-out show at the south London venue last week.
The Met said: “At this time we have established that the three people who were critically injured, including Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson who have tragically died, were all in the foyer of the building.”
It added detectives were “working hard to establish exactly what happened on Thursday night”, and described the investigation as “large and complex”.
Asake sharing his condolences to Rebecca’s family over the weekend described the event as regretful.
Prior to the concert, the YBNL signee had put out a notice deterring fans without valid tickets from showing up at the venue. However, hundreds of fans without tickets showed up and to force their way in leading to a stampede.
The Metropolitan Police is still investigating the events at Brixton.
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