South African tavern deaths

The cause of death is unknown. Local media say bodies lay inside the Enyobeni Tavern as if they had collapsed, but there were no obvious injuries on the victims ...

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Officials said the cause of death of the victims, some as young as 14, was unclear.

Police were called at about 4 a.m. local time in the Eastern Cape Province.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation," Kinana said. “We received this report in the early hours of this morning. The South African Police Service they were found dead inside a local tavern in Scenery Park in the area of East London, according to Police Spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said.

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A local newspaper website, DispatchLive, reported that "bodies are lying strewn across tables, chairs and on the floor; with no obvious signs of injury". He said the victims at Enyobeni Tavern were aged between 18 and 20 years. Provincial police spokesman brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana told AFP that police were investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Officials have ruled out a stampede and said autopsies would determine if the deaths could be linked to poisoning.

This was a humble child, respectful," said grieving mother Ntombizonke Mgangala, standing next to her husband outside the morgue. Seventeen were found dead inside the tavern. "It's a terrible scene," he told reporters. Many are thought to have been students celebrating the end of their high-school exams on Saturday night, provincial officials said. There were no visible wounds on the bodies. The rest died in hospital.

South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London.

The deceased have been taken to state mortuaries." South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London early Sunday morning. At least 20 people found dead in South African nightclub

“We are going to conduct autopsies as soon as possible to establish the probable cause of death,” said health department spokesperson Siyanda Manana.

The deceased have been taken to state mortuaries,” Manana added. “However, we will hear what the police say about the cause of death,” Ndevu added. “We are going to conduct autopsies as soon as possible to establish the probable cause of death.

At least 21 teenagers, the youngest possibly just 13, died at the weekend after a night out at a township tavern in South Africa, in a tragedy whose cause ...

This was a humble child, respectful," said grieving mother Ntombizonke Mgangala, standing next to her husband outside the morgue. The authorities are now considering whether to revise liquor licensing regulations. Seventeen were found dead inside the tavern. "It's a terrible scene," he told reporters. There were no visible wounds on the bodies. The rest died in hospital.

South African authorities investigating 21 teenagers found dead at an east coast tavern over the weekend said on Monday the youths were probably killed by ...

We want them to stop trading immediately," he said. It is illegal to serve drinks to those under 18 in South Africa. "It is either something they ingested, which will point to poisoning, whether it's food or drinks, or it is something they inhaled," Unathi Binqose, spokesperson for the Eastern Cape's provincial community safety department, said by telephone on Monday. He said hookah pipes were visible in CCTV footage of the scene.

The youngest victim at the Enyobeni Tavern in the city of East London was 13, police said.

Matinise said he contacted the establishment’s owner once he realized some of the victims were not breathing. “We are going to immediately be embarking on autopsies so we can know the probable cause of death,” he said. “When you look at their faces, you realize that we are dealing with kids,” Cele said.

South African authorities investigating 21 teenagers found dead at an east coast tavern over the weekend said on Monday the youths were probably killed by ...

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