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Injuries at X-factor show
5 teenage girls have been injured at a free concert featuring X-Factor finalists JLS at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, South London. Four had to be taken to hospital. The fans were hurt as 2,000 people gathered for the concert on Monday at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, south London, which can hold around 1,500. People were reportedly pushed forward as the crowd swelled when school children joined the crowd after school ended. The ambulance service reported that all the injuries were minor and , the four taken to hospital "one with a hand injury, one with difficulty in breathing and two who were also just taken unwell. The fifth was treated at the scene". Another concert-goer told the Croydon Guardian she was helped from the crowd after suffering an asthma and panic attack saying "I'd been queuing since 1pm but when the schoolkids turned up it became so busy with them all pushing us towards the front," she said. There was a pregnant woman in the crowd. It was horrible. I couldn't move. I couldn't get out." Another eye witness said that 400-500 people started pushing forward into a crowd, which included children.
