Tragic incident in Sweden
At ABBA homage: fall in Uppsala concert hall – two men dead
Security guards walk near the spot where two people were killed in a fall from one of the upper floors of a concert hall in Uppsala, Sweden
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Actually, the visitors of the concert hall in Uppsala expect a colorful evening with an ABBA homage on Tuesday. But then a dramatic incident occurs in the city north of Stockholm.
Two people were killed in a fall from one of the upper floors of a concert hall in Sweden. A man aged around 80 allegedly jumped or fell from the seventh floor of the building in Uppsala and probably fell on two other people who, like many others, were in the foyer on Tuesday, the police in charge said late in the evening.
The victim was declared dead on site. One of the two people hit – a man around 60 – later also died. A woman about the same age was hospitalized injured. Her life was not in danger.
Concert in Uppsala canceled – visitors: inside in shock
Several Swedish media had previously reported on the incident in the UKK concert and congress building. The background remained unclear until Wednesday morning. In the evening, a homage called “Thank You For The Music” was supposed to take place there to honor the music of the two ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. A good three quarters of an hour before the start of the concert, however, callers alerted the police that a serious incident had occurred inside the concert hall.
According to police, an estimated 1,000 people were in the building for the event. Several of them were questioned as witnesses. Police said they currently have no reason to believe that a crime resulted in the man’s fall.
The organizer MTLive wrote on Facebook that evening that the concert had to be canceled at short notice. A terrible incident had occurred in the UKK. “What we do know is that someone jumped / fell high up in the arena and met other people while falling.” The police evacuated the house and everyone was in shock. Uppsala is around 60 kilometers north of Stockholm.