At least 22 people were reportedly found dead on Sunday inside a nightclub in a neighbourhood of East London, a city in southern South Africa, bodies were lying inside the venue as if they had collapsed on the floor

Nightclub 'poisoning' leaves 22 dead with 'underage' teens among victims. Family members and parents were stood outside the tavern in East London, South Africa, shouting to get in and calling out the names of their loved ones as the horrific scene unfolded.
Police in South Africa is investigating the mysterious deaths of 22 people who have been found dead at a tavern with 'no obvious signs of injury.
At least 22 people have been found dead, including 'underage' children, at a nightclub where 'bodies were strewn across tables and chairs' after a potential 'poison' exposure.
Police and paramedics were called in the early hours of this morning to the Enyobeni Tavern in the South African city of East London.
But more than a dozen people were discovered dead, including children under the age of 18 who had allegedly gone out to celebrate "pens down" following the end of exams, local officials confirmed.
Distraught parents discovered their children were among the dead after pictures of their bodies circulated on social media, with crying families standing outside the tavern trying to get in.
Investigations have suggested that a stampede broke out when one or two DJs attracted "unanticipated numbers" of young people to the small tavern.
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Police are refusing parents access to the bodies of their children after they were killed in an as yet unknown tragedy.
However, one official claimed that the first pictures from the scene seem to suggest the cause of death is 'unlikely' to be a stampede as the bodies are described as laying on chairs with 'no obvious sign of injury'.
Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana, a spokesman for the Eastern Cape Authorities, said that because it is unknown how many people were at the Enyobeni Tavern before the incident, police do not know if there are any survivors.
“We got a report that about 22 people died in a local tavern in Scenery Park which is based in East London. We are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident,” said Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana.
Scenery Park is roughly three kilometers from the city center. Unverified social media images showed victims scattered across the club floor with no evident indications of injury. Eyewitnesses told the Daily Dispatch newspaper that bodies were lying inside the venue as if they had collapsed on the floor.
A resident of the Eastern Cape shared details about the incident on Facebook. Khudani Keith Munyai took to Facebook and wrote, “22 young school kids who apparently were celebrating for pens down were found dead at Enyobeni Tavern in Scenary Park, East London this morning.
Apparently, the owner wanted to close but they couldn’t go. Then it’s said he sprayed something to kick them out. Unfortunately, it killed all of them.”
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