22 Teenagers found dead in a night club in Eastern Cape

EASTERN CAPE – The horrific scenery unfolded at the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park earlier on Sunday morning. Messages were received requesting police, metro and ambulance assistance at the tavern.

The cause of the deaths is unknown at this time but there has been speculation that the patrons were either exposed to some form of poison or an incident resulted in a large number being injured and killed in a stampede.

At the tavern, bodies were lying strewn across tables, chairs and on the floor, with no obvious signs of injury. Outside, desperate parents and family members were begging to enter the premises while calling out the names of their missing loved ones. No one answered them while a large number of police vehicles and ambulances were on the scene.

The youngest of the 22 patrons who succumbed to their death is aged 13, of which most of them were between 13 and 17 years of age. No bruises were found on the bodies – top police forensics to investigate the tragedic deaths further.

Meanwhile The Eastern Cape Province Liquor Board has revoked a tavern owner’s liquor license and has vowed to open a criminal case after at least 22 young people were killed in the early hours of Sunday morning.