Overview

• Security personnel intervened late on July 6 after a 22-year-old German at the Salzburg festival exhibited aggressive behavior
• The young man suddenly lost consciousness during the security intervention at the Salzburgring venue
• On-site first-aid and a notarzt’s prompt measures were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene
• The Landeskriminalamt Salzburg has launched a formal investigation into the circumstances of his collapse and the precise cause of death
• The incident has prompted scrutiny of safety protocols at the annual multi-day electronic music event that draws tens of thousands of visitors