At least 17 people have been killed in a nightclub in South Africa’s southern city of East London. The reason behind why all these people died is not yet clear. The news agency AFP has given information about this matter. AFP quoted police as saying that the incident happened in the early hours of Sunday at Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park. According to media reports, people have died due to consuming some kind of poison, but there is only speculation about this. According to the Daily Dispatch news site, emergency service was called in the early hours of Sunday at Enobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, on the edge of Cape Province, east London.
Eastern Cape Police spokesman Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said young people between the ages of 18 and 20 were among the dead. He said 17 people were found dead inside a local cabin of the nightclub. He said that we got information about this incident in the early hours of Sunday. The circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated. He said that we do not want to speculate at this stage, so our investigation is on.
No injury marks on the bodies of the dead
He later confirmed to Reuters that the circumstances under which the people died were being investigated. According to him, it is too early to determine the cause of death. The Daily Dispatch reporter said that the death toll could be 22. He says there is speculation that those who were killed were either exposed to some kind of poison or were killed during the stampede. The people present at the time of the incident told that they found dead bodies everywhere, but there were no marks of injury on anyone’s body.
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