13 dead in stampede at nightclub raided over virus violations

LIMA: Peruvian government officials condemned the owner of a nightclub after at least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as party-goers tried to flee a party raided by police because it had violated coronavirus restrictions.

“Faced with the police operation, which did not use any type of weapon or tear gas, those attending the party tried to escape through the single exit, trampling each other and getting trapped in the stairway,” the ministry said.