Two dead after fall before ABBA tribute concert

Police say tragedy occurred after a man fell seven storeys at Sweden's Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Hall

News By James Hanley | 3 November 2021

Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Hall, Sweden © Michael Cavén

Two people have died and another person injured after a man fell seven storeys before an ABBA tribute show at the Uppsala Konsert & Kongress Hall in Sweden last night (2 November).

Police said the man who fell was in his 80s and landed on two people in the 1,100-capacity concert hall’s ground floor foyer, 30 minutes before the concert was due to begin.

One of the people hit – a man in his 60s – was fatally injured, while the…

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