Algiers: a scramble at the entrance of a Soolking concert makes several deaths
Algiers: a scramble at the entrance of a Soolking concert makes several deaths
The evening program had something to envy the fans, to the point of creating the riot at the entrance of the room that was to host the concert. Inside the stadium of August 20, 1955, the native Algerian rapper Soolking had indeed invited some artist friends, such as Fianso, Alonzo and L'Algérino, to join him on stage. But while the impatience of the spectators raged outside, a stampede caused several deaths and injuries.
This Friday, the day after the concert-event which took place without most of the spectators being aware of the tragedy, the Algerian media speak of five dead, three boys and two girls, and more than twenty wounded. This is the record announced by the French-language site TSA (All About Algeria), citing hospital sources. This was confirmed later by Captain Nassim Bernaoui, from the communication cell of the Civil Protection, with AFP. The young victims were between 13 and 22 years old. Eight others were transported to the hospital "in critical condition" and thirty-two in a more stable state while more than 80 lighter wounded were treated on the spot by the relief workers.
An "incompetent" staff?
On social networks, Internet users evoke a rush occurred about an hour before the beginning of the concert, around 20 hours. Many fans, with tickets, would have wanted to enter at all costs, while the stadium was already packed. This supposes that too many tickets have been sold or that security has previously allowed spectators to enter without a ticket. Several testimonies also refer to deplorable waiting conditions and long, very compact lines in front of the various entrances since the morning.
It must be said that the popularity of the rapper installed in France has exploded in recent months since one of his songs, "Liberty", dedicated to the revolt movement "Hirak" against the Bouteflika system, became the anthem of the youth in the demonstrations.
Soolking's "Liberty" becomes the anthem of Algerian protesters
In the face of critics and arrests to the artist, some fans are trying to remind that the drama is certainly not his responsibility.
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"Wait pause! There were 5 dead and several wounded at the Soolking concert but the artist has nothing to do with it ... Security is incompetent, and the event is poorly managed. Must wait for an official statement, "invites a Leah on Twitter. "I think your staff did not tell you anything," says Amina, who advises the rapper, "Do not come with incompetents who killed five young people by negligence. Young people who have come for you! The concert was organized by the National Office for the Rights of Authors (Onda), a public body, under the fire of the critics since this Friday morning.
Leah 🌹
@Le_LoupBlanc
Wait pause! There were five dead and several wounded at the Soolking concert, but the artist had nothing to do with it ...
Security is incompetent, and the event poorly managed. Must wait for an official statement 🙏🏼 #soolking
In the room, the spectators film the concert en masse and do not seem to know what has just happened. "It was an audience both young and family," recalls a French present. He only discovered the drama this Friday morning, on social networks. "There was a lot of people, a warm atmosphere, but we could never have imagined something like that. And we did not realize anything. I am stunned. It is true that the lawn of the stadium was black of people. We felt that the stadium was too small for the event. But at the same time, there was a giant screen to watch the show outside, in the city and it was broadcast live on Algerian TV. People who could not come in could still see the show, "he says.
A room too small?
The site Le Matin d'Algerie also wonders about the logic of organizing only a concert in this stadium in the center, which can only hold 15,000 seats, in the native country of the singer, while five have been in Tunisia. And incriminate the artist on this point when some netizens recall that he had expressed his initial preference for another stage, a priori larger, that of July 5.
On his own accounts, Soolking does not mention the subject and has not published anything since Thursday before the concert.
The investigation will have to take stock of the eventual responsibilities of the organizers while, according to the online media El Bilad, the prosecutor's office went to the scene and then to the hospital where the wounded were transported.
The evening program had something to envy the fans, to the point of creating the riot at the entrance of the room that was to host the concert. Inside the stadium of August 20, 1955, the native Algerian rapper Soolking had indeed invited some artist friends, such as Fianso, Alonzo and L'Algérino, to join him on stage. But while the impatience of the spectators raged outside, a stampede caused several deaths and injuries.
This Friday, the day after the concert-event which took place without most of the spectators being aware of the tragedy, the Algerian media speak of five dead, three boys and two girls, and more than twenty wounded. This is the record announced by the French-language site TSA (All About Algeria), citing hospital sources. This was confirmed later by Captain Nassim Bernaoui, from the communication cell of the Civil Protection, with AFP. The young victims were between 13 and 22 years old. Eight others were transported to the hospital "in critical condition" and thirty-two in a more stable state while more than 80 lighter wounded were treated on the spot by the relief workers.
An "incompetent" staff?
On social networks, Internet users evoke a rush occurred about an hour before the beginning of the concert, around 20 hours. Many fans, with tickets, would have wanted to enter at all costs, while the stadium was already packed. This supposes that too many tickets have been sold or that security has previously allowed spectators to enter without a ticket. Several testimonies also refer to deplorable waiting conditions and long, very compact lines in front of the various entrances since the morning.
It must be said that the popularity of the rapper installed in France has exploded in recent months since one of his songs, "Liberty", dedicated to the revolt movement "Hirak" against the Bouteflika system, became the anthem of the youth in the demonstrations.
Soolking's "Liberty" becomes the anthem of Algerian protesters
In the face of critics and arrests to the artist, some fans are trying to remind that the drama is certainly not his responsibility.
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"Wait pause! There were 5 dead and several wounded at the Soolking concert but the artist has nothing to do with it ... Security is incompetent, and the event is poorly managed. Must wait for an official statement, "invites a Leah on Twitter. "I think your staff did not tell you anything," says Amina, who advises the rapper, "Do not come with incompetents who killed five young people by negligence. Young people who have come for you! The concert was organized by the National Office for the Rights of Authors (Onda), a public body, under the fire of the critics since this Friday morning.
Leah 🌹
@Le_LoupBlanc
Wait pause! There were five dead and several wounded at the Soolking concert, but the artist had nothing to do with it ...
Security is incompetent, and the event poorly managed. Must wait for an official statement 🙏🏼 #soolking
In the room, the spectators film the concert en masse and do not seem to know what has just happened. "It was an audience both young and family," recalls a French present. He only discovered the drama this Friday morning, on social networks. "There was a lot of people, a warm atmosphere, but we could never have imagined something like that. And we did not realize anything. I am stunned. It is true that the lawn of the stadium was black of people. We felt that the stadium was too small for the event. But at the same time, there was a giant screen to watch the show outside, in the city and it was broadcast live on Algerian TV. People who could not come in could still see the show, "he says.
A room too small?
The site Le Matin d'Algerie also wonders about the logic of organizing only a concert in this stadium in the center, which can only hold 15,000 seats, in the native country of the singer, while five have been in Tunisia. And incriminate the artist on this point when some netizens recall that he had expressed his initial preference for another stage, a priori larger, that of July 5.
On his own accounts, Soolking does not mention the subject and has not published anything since Thursday before the concert.
The investigation will have to take stock of the eventual responsibilities of the organizers while, according to the online media El Bilad, the prosecutor's office went to the scene and then to the hospital where the wounded were transported.
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