Two dead in incident at Northern Ireland hotel, cause unknown - police

(Reuters) - Two people have died in an incident during a St Patrick’s Day event at a hotel in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, police said on Sunday night on Twitter.

"While the exact cause of the incident is still unknown, there are reports of a crush at the scene," the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in a tweet here

Police said they were investigating and called on parents of children attending the event at the Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown to pick up their children from a designated collection point at the hotel.

Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Cooney

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