Four trampled to death in Indonesian music concert

The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when about 4,000 people crowded into the sport hall with its capacity of 1,000 in the provincial capital of Bandar Lampung to watch a music concert.

Lampung's police chief Superintendent Tri Parnoyo Kartiko told local media that the organizers initially told the police that the so-called "Sheila On-7 Concert" would only absorb up to 1,000 spectators, with a 1,000 rupiah (0.1 U.S.) per ticket.

However, when the concert began, up to 4,000 people, mostly youngsters, were estimated to have packed the hall building while hundreds more continued pouring in. Media Indonesia daily quoted Kartiko as saying that when the first song started one person died while others started fainting or falling unconscious due to a lack of oxygen.

In addition to the four people trampled to death, at least eight others were injured.

(la/dpa)