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Police Investigate Teen's Death After Belfast Emerge Festival as Second Fatality Reported

Police say enquiries continue in partnership with festival officials.

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Overview

  • PSNI confirmed 17-year-old Mia Keevan became unwell at the two-day Emerge event in south Belfast and later died in hospital.
  • Two other attendees were hospitalised, with a woman in her 30s in a serious but stable condition and a teenage boy expected to recover.
  • Police said enquiries are under way to establish the circumstances, with specialist units supporting operations across the weekend.
  • Officers made seven arrests and issued 13 immediate disposals, including fixed penalty notices, a caution and community resolution notices.
  • Separately, a man in his 20s found unwell at a Wellwood Street address after the festival later died, with a post-mortem planned; he was named locally as 24-year-old Trae Keenan.