A crowd has gathered outside the tavern in East London where at least 17 people died in the early hours of Sunday morning in a suspected poisoning incident or stampede inside the venue.
The police and Emergency Service workers remain on the scene. Numerous people were also injured. It is understood that a forensic investigation is also underway to determine the exact cause of the tragedy.
The spokesperson for the department of roads and safety, Unathi Binqose, says more detail will emerge during the day.
“We don’t know if they were poisoned or something else happened. The police are on the scene along with forensic experts to piece together what lead to this bad incident.”
Residents whose children did not come back home last night are also waiting outside the tavern fearing some might be there.
Initial reports indicate that a stampede was triggered inside the tavern, an incident described as bizarre.
