St Patrick’s day deaths: what happened at Cookstown hotel

Two boys and a girl killed in suspected stampede at disco in Northern Ireland

Cookstown hotel
Police are investigating the tragedy at the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown 
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Three teenagers have died following a suspected stampede by people pushing to get into hotel hosting a disco in County Tyrone.

The victims - a 17-year-old girl and two boys aged 16 and 17 - are believed to have been crushed when a “large crowd” surged forward to get into the St Patrick’s Day party, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

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