S.Africa Seeks Clues After 21 Teens Die
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published June 28, 2022 | 09:00 AM
East London, South Africa, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jun, 2022 ) :South African police were on Monday combing a township tavern where 21 teenagers mysteriously died as survivors described a battle to escape the jam-packed premises and one reported a suffocating smell.
Officials have ruled out a stampede as the cause of the deaths.
Most of the victims, some as young as 13, were found dead inside a popular bar.
Seventeen died inside the bar, while four died later in hospital. The victims included 13 boys and eight girls.
Thirty-one others were hospitalised with symptoms including backache, tight chests, vomiting and headache, officials said.
Most were discharged on Sunday, leaving two in hospital, they said.
The fatalities bore no visible signs of injury, sparking initial speculation among local officials and politicians that this was a case of underage drinking that had gone tragically wrong.
"But the suspicion is that it is something either they ingested through drinks, food, or something they inhaled," Unathi Binqose, a government official on safety, told AFP.
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