At least five people were killed in a stampede at a packed rap concert in the Algerian capital on Thursday night, a hospital source said.

Thousands had gathered at the concert of local rap star Abderraouf Derradji, known as “Soolking”, in a stadium in Algiers.

Twenty-one people were injured in the stampede and taken to hospital, medical sources told local media outlets.

Further details about the incident were not immediately available.

Local news site TSA reported that of the five young people killed, three were male and two female.

Video footage posted on social media showed medics carrying a person believed to be a victim of the stampede on a stretcher outside the stadium.

The concert went ahead and was carried live on an Algerian TV channel.

Algerian musician Soolking has not yet commented on the incident on social media.