BELGIUM : ONE STORM KILLED 5 PEOPLE AT BELGIAN ROCK FEST

Hasselt : Belgium | Aug 18, 2011 at 11:43 PM PDT

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5 people killed cause a violent storm in outdoor rock music festival Northern Belgium.

The local radio station report that more than 65.000 people comes to this festival when the storm hit and many of the audience are youths.

The storm hit on Thursday afternoon on the Pukkelpop festival, Hasselt mayor Hilde Claes told that more than 40 people were injured and several seriously.

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At least five people were killed when a violent storm hit an annual outdoor Belgian rock music festival

RositaRose is based in Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia, and is a Reporter for Allvoices.

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