Four people in critical condition after suspected crush at Asake gig in Brixton

Met police begin investigation into ‘extremely distressing’ incident after large crowd gathered outside O2 Academy

Eight people were injured, including four who are in a critical condition, after an apparent crowd crush at a concert at the O2 Academy Brixton in London.

The Metropolitan police launched an investigation into what they said was an “extremely distressing” incident at a performance by the Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter Asake.