7 Vietnamese dead, 5 in coma after taking drugs at music festival
7 Vietnamese dead, 5 in coma after taking drugs at music festival
Seven people have died and five others are fighting for life as they are in a coma after taking drugs at a dance music festival in Hanoi late on Sunday (Sept 16), officials said.
Investigators have initiated a search to identify the substance they took during the music festival.
Tây Hồ District People’s Committee chairman Đỗ Anh Tuấn said the victims had attended an electronic music festival Trip to the Moon at the West Lake Water Park in the district on Sunday night.
The event was part of a series of activities held for the third Vietnam Electronic Weekend, attracting thousands of young people for live music, laser shows and other activities.
According to police, Hà Nội Heart Hospital, E Hospital and Bạch Mai Hospital on Sunday night received twelve people with the same symptoms. One was dead on arrival while six died shortly afterwards despite emergency treatment.
The police was waiting for autopsy results to confirm the cause of death, Tuấn said. Preliminary enquiries, however, suggest that the victims died from a drug overdose as all of the victims tested positive for narcotics.
The victims, who were all Vietnamese, "all tested positive for drugs", deputy director of Hanoi police Nguyen Van Vien told reporters on Monday.
"Police are trying to figure out what type of drug it was," he added.
-PTC News
