21 underage teenagers celebrating the end of school exams died in a mysterious weekend incident at a nightclub.
Yandiswa Ngqoza, with family members after identifying her daughters at the Woodbrook Mortuary in East London, South Africa Monday, June 27, 2022. South African authorities are seeking answers after The bodies of many of the victims were discovered by police lying on tables, slumped over chairs and sprawled on the floor of the club in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police spokeswoman Col. Athlenda Mathe said an investigation was ongoing and no cause of death had yet been established. Parents were asked to come to a mortuary to identify their children. The Eastern Cape health department said there were survivors being treated in the hospital for backache, tight chests, vomiting and headaches.
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