S.Africa says 21 teens likely killed by something they drank, ate or smoked

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South Africa says 21 teens likely killed by something they drank, ate or smoked

The still unexplained deaths of the teens, some of whom were celebrating the end of school exams and others a birthday party, have brought an outpouring of grief and shocked a nation accustomed to injuries linked to a binge drinking culture.

Eastern Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana told Reuters that the youngest of the victims at the Tavern in the city of East London was a 13-year-old girl. Addressing a crowd outside a mortuary in East London on Sunday, an emotional Police Minister Bheki Cele had to pause speaking as he started weeping, triggering a chorus of cries among his audience."It is either something they ingested which will point to poisoning, whether its food or drinks, or it is something they inhaled," Unathi Binqose, spokesperson for the Eastern Cape’s provincial community safety department said by telephone on Monday.

 

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