At least 22 people dead
Mysterious body found in South African pub
Mysterious mass death: At least 22 people die in a South African pub on Sunday night. How is unclear.
Published: 10:28 am
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Updated: 10:35 am
At least 22 people have died from unexplained causes in a pub in the South African city of East London. The incident was reported in the early hours of Sunday morning and the police had launched a forensic investigation, Eastern Cape Province Police Commissioner Nomthetheleli Mene told public broadcaster SABC.
The police initially did not want to give more details about the cause of the incident. According to reports from emergency services, there was a crowd in the small tavern. Some eyewitnesses suspected poisoning of the pub visitors. «22 bodies were found on the ground. No open wounds, no nothing. We don’t know if they were poisoned or if something else happened,” said provincial transport ministry spokeswoman Unathi Bingose. (SDA)