Two dead in incident at Northern Ireland hotel, cause unknown - police

Two people have died in an incident during a St Patrick’s Day event at a hotel in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, police said on Sunday night on Twitter.

While the exact cause of the incident is still unknown, there are reports of a crush at the scene, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a tweet here

Police said they were investigating and called on parents of children attending the event at the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown to pick up their children from a designated collection point at the hotel.

(REUTERS)