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Update on this story. It may be connected to child sex trafficking if you look at some of the details. Underage children were among those dead. Autopsies will begin shortly.

Notable excerpts:

A 17-year-old girl, who only gave her name as "Lolly" and lived close to the tavern, told Reuters the venue was a popular hangout with teenagers, but the community wanted it shut down after the tragedy.

"Everyone wants it closed down because they sell alcohol to under-age children. Everyone is angry, everyone is sad because of what happened," she said.

Lolly is a slang version of Lolita. Serving alcohol to underage kids?

More updates as they come…

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-police-investigating-17-deaths-east-london-tavern-2022-06-26/