2 deaths reported from EDC weekend in Las Vegas

Clark County officials were investigating the separate deaths of two people who police said were in Las Vegas to attend the Electric Daisy Carnival dance music festival.

Azmi Atassi, 33, of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Opkar Mahal, 39, of North Las Vegas, both died Sunday, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. Causes of death were still pending.

Mahal was reported dead at the festival, which took place at the the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in the 7000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North, a county spokesperson said, while Atassi was reported dead at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club at 2650 Las Vegas Boulevard South.

A Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday afternoon they would be reviewing the deaths. Police said one of the dead had a medical episode while at EDC and was transported to the University Medical Center where they later died, while another was discovered dead in their hotel room and was believed to be in Las Vegas to attend the festival.

Additional details were not released.

Contact Casey Harrison at charrison@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Casey_Harrison1 on X. or @casey-harrison.bsky.social on Bluesky. Review-Journal staff writer Noble Brigham contributed to this report.