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Venezuela: Tear Gas Explosion, Stampede at Caracas Nightclub Leaves 17 Dead

  • The interior ministry ordered the nightclub to be shut down and is coordinating with the public ministry to carry out the necessary investigations.

    The interior ministry ordered the nightclub to be shut down and is coordinating with the public ministry to carry out the necessary investigations. | Photo: Reuters

Published 16 June 2018
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Seven persons were arrested after someone set off a tear-gas canister, which started the deadly stampede.

At least 17 people were killed in Caracas, Venezuela early Saturday after a canister of tear-gas was set off during a fight at a graduation party. According to Nestor Reverol, Venezuela's interior minister, Nestor Reverol, seven people have been arrested over the incident, which took place in the wee hours of the morning.

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Many of the victims were trampled when were trampled when over 500 young Venezuelans tried to flee the Los Cotorros nightclub after the explosion. Eight of them were under the age of 18.

At least five more, including three minors, are in a critical state at a hospital.

Reverol told Venezuelan media VTV that during the pre-graduation party of several high schools a fight broke out and someone activated the tear-gas canister. He also confirmed seven people had been arrested, including an underage boy who is suspected of setting off the cartridge and the nightclub’s manager.

The interior ministry ordered the nightclub to be shut down and is coordinating with the public ministry to carry out the necessary investigations.

“The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, led by President Nicolas Maduro, deplores this regrettable incident a from our government we extend words of condolence for the families of the victims, and also the respective guidelines for parents and representatives to establish control measures on minors, as established by Venezuelan laws,” Reverol said.

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