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Festival-goers injured in ‘terrifying’ crowd surge at Boardmasters in Newquay

‘Small number’ hurt and receiving care, say police, as English music festival confirms Sammy Virji’s planned set cancelled

Concertgoers were injured in a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival in Newquay on Friday, according to Devon and Cornwall police, with a woman describing the “terrifying” experience of being caught in a “massive crowd surge”. Festival organisers said a planned set by DJ and producer Sammy Virji was cancelled, while police said in a statement: “We have been notified following a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival in Newquay on Friday 9 August which left a small number of attendees injured. Boardmasters said: “We can confirm that Sammy Virji’s set was cancelled and that the Point stage was closed to allow on-site teams to respond to an incident in the audience.

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