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The City Council has suspended parallel acts XLI International Folklore Festival in the Mediterranean in mourning the death of a young member of the group in Kenya.
The 20-year-old named Ruth Naomi, had an accident at 2.40 pm in the San Francisco Plan to be hit by a garbage truck.
The girl died on the spot.
Are currently investigating the cause of fatal accident.
Group members Kenyan African Tombs Madrid have moved to travel to their country.
In Murcia, has been the representative of the folk group, which is in contact with the embassy in Kenya.
The head of the Kenyan group has specifically requested that the Festival will not be suspended and for this reason this morning met representatives of all groups with the councilman, Rafael Gomez, the director of the Festival, Manuel Fernández-Delgado and within this encounter groups have expressed their desire to participate in the events planned for tonight.
The parade of the groups participating in the International Folklore Festival in the Mediterranean scheduled for tonight will be held in silence as a sign of mourning and the closing session of the Festival only involves four groups.
It will be a very sad farewell and instead of slitting the anthem of La Parranda, as is tradition, the Choir will perform a spiritual memory of the deceased youth.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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