South Africa seeks clues after 21 teens die in packed bar

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EAST LONDON, South Africa: South African police were on Monday (Jun 27) combing a township tavern where 21 teenagers mysteriously died - one fewer than the previous toll - as survivors described a

- as survivors described a battle to escape the jam-packed premises and one reported a suffocating smell.Most of the victims, some as young as 13, were found dead inside a popular bar in the southern city of East London.Thirty-one others were hospitalised with symptoms including backache, tight chests, vomiting and headache, officials said.

New details also emerged on Monday as survivors spoke of a strong and suffocating smell in the jam-packed double-storey building. "I passed out at that moment. I was running out of breath and there was a strong smell of some type of spray on in the air. We thought it was pepper spray," she said."I got up and realised that there were bodies lying around. I saw people being poured water, but those people did not even move," she said in a phone interview."The investigators continue to search for possible clues and answers at Enyobeni Tavern," regional police spokesman Thembinkosi Kinana said.

 

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