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According to eyewitnesses who spoke to the print media, the victims were lying inside the venue as though they had slumped to the ground.
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Digital Desk: According
to authorities, at least 17 individuals were discovered dead at a nightclub on
Sunday in East London, a city in southern South Africa.
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Brigadier Thembinkosi
Kinana, the head of the provincial police, told AFP, "We got a report of
17 (people) who perished in a local tavern in Scenery Park, which is based in
East London. He further stated that the incident's circumstances are still
being looked into by the authorities.
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color:black">The circumstances behind the incident are still being probed, a
police spokesman told the news outlet Newzroom Africa.
color:black">We don't want to make any assumptions right now, Brigadier
Tembinkosi Kinana said.
color:black">There are a lot of emergency service personnel working in the
Eastern Cape province.
color:black">Reports state that the family of the victims have not been let to
view their remains, and the neighbourhood has requested that the venue be
closed.
color:black">The Eastern Cape Police Commissioner, Nomthetheleli Lilian Mene,
told SABC News that "there was supposedly a stampede inside the
tavern."
color:#141414">The majority of those found deceased, according to Brigadier
Kinana, were young individuals between the ages of 18 and 20.
color:#141414">According to eyewitnesses who spoke to the print media, the
victims were lying inside the venue as though they had slumped to the ground.
color:#141414">The dead remains were transported to various neighbouring
morgues, a representative for the Eastern Cape's health department told News24.
"We are going
to conduct autopsy as quickly as possible to ascertain the probable cause of
death," Siyanda Manana continued.
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