Two other people also remain in hospital following the event.

“I have some very serious concerns about this,” Alliance councillor Micky Murray said.

Police confirmed that the teenager passed away after “becoming unwell” at the Emerge event in south Belfast.

A PSNI spokesperson said officers attended a report of the sudden death of a girl, aged in her late teens, on Sunday.

She died in hospital after becoming unwell at the event in Boucher Playing Fields.

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“Additionally, two people remain in hospital after taking ill at the same event,” the police spokesperson continued.

“A woman aged in her 30s is in a serious but stable condition at this time, while a boy aged in his teens received treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.”

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