EAST LONDON: At least 21 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on Sunday, officials said. Most of the victims were aged between 18 and 20 years, a provincial police chief brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana said. Many are thought to have been students celebrating the end of their high-school exams on Saturday night, officials said. Unverified pictures shared on social media showed bodies with no visible signs of injuries, strewn on the floor of the club. “We have a child that was there, who passed away on the scene,” said the parents of a 17-year-old boy.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 27, 2022 01:58 UTC