(CNN)South African police probe 17 deaths at East London tavern

[BradAllison]

Source: CNN

South African authorities were on Sunday investigating the deaths of at least 17 people at a tavern in East London.

Police do not know if there are any survivors from the incident because it’s unclear how many people were in the Enyobeni Tavern in the first place, Eastern Cape Police spokesperson Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana told CNN.

The cause of the incident is currently under investigation, and many people have gathered at the scene trying to find loved ones.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/26/africa/south-afria-tavern-deaths-intl/index.html

[James48]

1. Huh?

What happened? The article doesn’t say anything as to what happened.

Update- now reports say 22 found dead inside the night club- may have been something in the air, a gas or something similar.

[Ellipsis]

2. The bodies of the victims suggested that they suddenly collapsed

https://briefly.co.za/south-africa/130164-tavern-owner-17-people-died-shattered-loss-life-promises-cooperate-police/

[pressbox69]

3. I Wonder

If the favorite African American of Ron DeathSantis, Elon Muskrat had a hand in this.

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Musk is a sac de douche, but that's just crazy speculation.

[EX500rider]

5. Is he a know mass murderer? Hadn't heard that

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. He does have that look about him.

Face the size of a canned ham and crazy eyes.

[milestogo]

11. That's absurd.

[applegrove]

12. Too far.

[Talitha]

6. NPR this morning speculated toxic gas (leak?) or something the people consumed.

What a terrible tragedy.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

7. I'll give odds that this was a poisoning.

There have been many stories about tainted alcohol involved in deaths of patrons of small pubs in S. A. Not intentional, mind you, just bootleg (and cheap) alcohol with impurities and poisons.

[canetoad]

8. Or CO poisoning

Southern hemisphere, it's winter, faulty heater or furnace - just spitballing here, I have no idea of the climate there, but it's bloody cold here in Oz.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

9. If it was CO,

wouldn't their faces have revealed the discoloration that CO poisoning usually causes ? A sort of a bright cherry red . . .

[milestogo]

10. Its winter in South Africa

but winter is not very cold there. Maybe heat would be needed overnight.