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Around 2 million people attend the festival, which celebrates Caribbean heritage (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notting Hill Carnival<\/a> is at risk of a \u2018mass casualty event\u2019 like the Hillsborough disaster, the Mayor of London<\/a> has been warned. <\/p>\n

The London Assembly\u2019s Police and Crime Committee said there had been a number of worrying incidents around crowd density, with fears officers will be unable to respond to emergencies. <\/p>\n

Around 2 million people attend the festival<\/a> every year, which celebrates Caribbean heritage. <\/p>\n

But the Metropolitan Police<\/a> has consistently raised concerns about the festival which takes place every August bank holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

It comes after two people, including a mum-of-one, were killed at last year\u2019s event. <\/p>\n

Cher Maximen<\/a> was stabbed to death in front of her daughter at the carnival\u2019s family day.<\/p>\n

Chef Mussie Imnetu<\/a> was found unconscious outside of a restaurant in Queensway, and was pronounced dead in hospital. <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve seen buggies being lifted into the air\u2019<\/h2>\n
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Around 2 million people attend the festival, which celebrates Caribbean heritage (Picture: REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I saw children at the centre of crushes and buggies being lifted over the crowds. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I reached one of the bottle necks in my costume and suddenly realised I was very unsafe. I left early.\u2019 <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018We are sat waiting for a tragic accident\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Susan Hall, chair of the committee, told the assembly: \u2018We cannot stand by and wait for a tragic incident to happen, action must be taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Two people tragically lost their lives at last year\u2019s event due to violent crime, and it is absolutely essential that the Met is on hand to carry out its duties, and not fill in for a lack of stewarding from the organisers.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22948573 lazyload\" alt=\"Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vuk Valcic\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock (14664991w) Thousands of people pack the streets on the second day of this year's Notting Hill Carnival. The annual event in London's popular Notting Hill area attracts around a million people and is primarily a celebration of Caribbean culture. Notting Hill Carnival second day in London, UK - 26 Aug 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_218740896-2eea.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Thousands of people pack the streets on the second day of this year\u2019s Notting Hill Carnival (Picture: Vuk Valcic\/SOPA Images\/Shutterst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, Met commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, said: \u2018Even though there are crime risks, we are more worried about the crowd risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We try to reduce the risk of a Hillsborough-type [disaster] but we\u2019re mitigating something that is unsatisfactory.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Notting Hill Carnival organisers said they use a number of experts to help run the event, and had 3,300 stewards on duty last year. <\/p>\n<p>London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to commission a review into crowd safety at the event <\/p>\n<p>Giving evidence to the committee in September 2024, the Met\u2019s Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said: \u2018While we acknowledge the <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/crime-news\/\">crime<\/a> often gets the headlines, the thing that worries me most is the crowd density and the potential for a mass casualty event.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 2 million people attend the festival, which celebrates Caribbean heritage (Picture: Reuters) Notting Hill Carnival is at risk of a \u2018mass casualty event\u2019 like the Hillsborough disaster, the Mayor of London has been warned. 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