At least thirteen people died of suffocation in Lima, Peru, while trying to escape a police operation in a nightclub. According to the authorities, a clandestine party was held there that violated the curfew imposed by the government to stop the advance of the coronavirus.
“On Saturday, August 22, averaging 9:00 p.m. local time (23 in Argentina), National Police personnel were alerted that a party was being held at the Thomas Restobar store, in Los Olivos, with the attendance of approximately 120 people” , the Ministry of the Interior communicated on its Twitter account.
As a “product of these events,” the portfolio reported, “13 people who are in the process of being identified lost their lives.”
The night curfew applies throughout Peru from 22 on Saturday to 4 on Monday, including the entire Sunday day. When the operation began, which according to the local newspaper Trade it would have started an hour before curfew, the assistants tried to escape through a back door that led to the street, but were trapped between the exit and an adjoining staircase, which caused crushing, suffocation and the death of those affected.
In that desperate scenario too three assistants and three policemen were injured who tried to help those who were trapped.
The Ministry of the Interior, meanwhile, assured that among the actions carried out to suspend the illegal meeting, “no type of weapon or tear gas bomb was used.”
The Public Ministry, for its part, regretted the loss of life, condemned the “criminal irresponsibility of an unscrupulous businessman” and launched an immediate investigation to identify those responsible for organizing the meeting. By the fact there are 23 detainees.
“This should never have happened, we are in a pandemic, in a health emergency. I ask the maximum sanction for the owners of the nightclub, they are practically responsible,” said the Minister of Women, Rosario Sasieta, who went to the nightclub. after knowing the facts.
Coronavirus in Peru
Peru is the sixth country in the world with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus
, with 585,236 infected, and it is shaping up to be the country with the highest mortality rate during the pandemic, with 27,453 deaths.
According to information from the local Ministry of Health, 13,661 patients are hospitalized for coronavirus, 1,506 of whom are in intensive care units.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, indicated the Medical College of Peru (CMP), a total of 139 doctors have already died from this disease. To prevent this tragic balance from continuing to grow, the dean of the institution, Miguel Palacios, has asked the Minister of Health, Pilar Mazzetti, on several occasions, to provide more protective equipment for health personnel.
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