Three die after dry ice stunt at Russian Instagram star's pool party goes awry


MOSCOW (AFP): Three people have died at a Moscow birthday party after around 30kg of dry ice meant to create special effects was tipped into a pool, investigators and reports said on Saturday (Feb 29).

The party at the Moscow pool complex late on Friday was to mark the birthday of Ekaterina Didenko, a popular Instagram influencer focusing on pharmaceutical products with more than a million followers.

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