Teenager dies after Belfast Emerge music event

Police attended a report the sudden death of a girl aged in her late teens on Sunday 24 August

A teenage girl has died after becoming unwell at the Emerge music festival in south Belfast on Sunday.

Police said enquiries are ongoing after she died in hospital.

Two other people were taken to hospital after becoming ill at the same event at Boucher Playing Fields.

A woman in her 30s remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition, while a teenage boy has received treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.

Emerge, an electronic music festival, took place at Boucher Playing Fields on Saturday and Sunday, with more than 40,000 people in attendance.