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Angry revellers hurl water bottles at stage when Christmas concert is cancelled

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This is the moment furious revellers hurled bottles at a stage when a Christmas concert was cancelled.

Thousands of people piled into the outdoor event on December 7 evening at a mall in Pasay City, the Philippines.

But as crowds swelled to between 15,000 and 20,000 people, the 140 police officers felt overwhelmed and pulled the plug on the show.

Footage shows how concert goers reacted angrily by throwing their bottles and yelling at the stage.

More than 50 concert-goers fainted and at least one was injured after 140 police officers failed to control the crowd according to Senior Police Superintendent Noel Flores.

The event, the Coke Studios Christmas Concert, was called off.

Coca-Cola said in a statement that the show had to be cancelled because there was "pushing, jumping on the barricades and throwing bottles" by "portions" that threatened the safety of the entire crowd at the concert.

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