crush

LONDON—A second person has died after a crush at a London concert venue last week, British police said Monday. Gabrielle Hutchinson, 23, was working as a security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy, where Nigerian singer Asake was due to perform Thursday. Hutchinson was one of eight people hospitalized after being caught in mayhem at […]

LONDON—A woman injured in a crush outside a London concert venue has died, police said Saturday. London resident Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, was one of eight people hospitalized after being caught in mayhem outside the O2 Brixton Academy on Thursday night, where Nigerian singer Asake was due to perform. The Metropolitan Police force said she died […]

Four people are critically ill in hospital after being crushed when thousands of ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by a Nigerian singer at the O2 Academy in Brixton in south London on Thursday night. Afrobeats singer Asake had been on stage for 10 minutes when he was informed of the […]

SEOUL—North Korean regime-backed hackers referenced the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul to distribute malware to users in South Korea, Google’s Threat Analysis group said in a report. The malware was embedded in Microsoft Office documents which purported to be a government report on the tragedy that killed more than 150 people after tens of thousands […]

SEOUL—Shocked family members collected bodies, parents searched for children and a country sought answers on Sunday after at least 153 people were crushed to death when a crowd in South Korea surged in an alleyway during Halloween festivities. President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning and designated Seoul’s popular Itaewon district a disaster […]

MALANG, Indonesia—Delays in unlocking the gates at an Indonesian soccer stadium after violence broke out at the end of a match contributed to a disaster in which at least 131 people died, the national soccer association said Tuesday. The Football Association of Indonesia said it has permanently banned the chief executive and security coordinator of […]

YAOUNDE, Cameroon—Eight people have now died after a stampede outside a game at the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon, as witnesses blamed security officials for errors while news footage showed fans climbing over fences earlier to bypass checks and get into the stadium. Another seven people are in serious condition in the […]

A British mother who killed her 2-month-old baby while trying to silence her cries was jailed on April 4 for more than 13 years. The woman was found to have attempted to subdue her baby by crushing her ribcage, leading to the tot’s excruciating death. Abigail Palmer, from the town of Solihull, England, was found […]

An Indian man was crushed to death by an elephant as he tried to wash it when he slipped on the wet floor just as the 5.51-ton animal sat down. The moment was caught on CCTV footage, which shows the elephant handler, known as a mahout, washing a large tusker on the morning of March. […]