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Kepa Junkera has a stroke in Belgium and is hospitalized

  • Belgian musician Kepa Junkera is admitted to a hospital after suffering a stroke last Wednesday, when he was arrested. The operator, who underwent surgery, is admitted to the ICU, according to EITB reports.

11 December 2018 - 13:17
Kepa Junkera trikitilaria (argazkia: Alberto Cabello CC-by).

The trikitilari bilbaíno had left for Belgium to offer a concert this weekend in Brussels. Sources close to the musician have explained to the newspaper Deia that the upcoming scheduled concerts, including those of Derio and Artium de Vitoria-Gasteiz, will not be held either.

This summer Junkera held an international tour through several European countries (Portugal, Denmark and Poland) and in January 2019 I already had an appointment in Scotland.

In addition, he has just presented a documentary on the journey that he began with the navigator Unai Basurko in May of this year. Josu Martínez has directed this audiovisual work that aims to raise awareness about the problem of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and has led the participants on board from Bilbao to Galicia.


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