A teenage girl has died in hospital after collapsing at Northern Ireland’s biggest electronic dance music festival.
A police spokesperson said officers attended a report of the sudden death of a girl, aged in her late teens, on Sunday.
She died in hospital after becoming unwell at the Emerge festival in Boucher Playing Fields in south Belfast.
A woman aged in her 30s is in a serious but stable condition, while a boy aged in his teens received treatment and is expected to make a full recovery, police said.
Around 40,000 people watched Fatboy Slim’s Saturday night show with similar numbers watching Sunday’s headliners Bicep.
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Former Lord Mayor of Belfast Micky Murray announced that he is requesting ‘an urgent meeting’ with festival bosses following the death.
‘I have some very serious concerns about this,’ he added.
‘This is utterly heartbreaking news, and my sincere condolences are with the loved ones of the young individual who has tragically lost their life in these circumstances.
‘I also wish for a full and speedy recovery for the other individuals who have been taken to the hospital and are reported to have attended the festival as well.
‘Festivals are meant to be safe spaces for people to celebrate their love of music and express themselves, no one expects such a tragic incident to occur in this environment.’
