Peru: Police raid at an illegal disco. At least 13 people are dead

At least 13 people have died in panic at a disco in Peru’s capital Lima after a police raid to enforce a ban on gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said on Sunday 23 August 2020.

The tragedy occurred at the Thomas disco in the north of Lima, where about 120 people gathered on Saturday evening, the interior ministry said.

Fatalities are between 20 and 30 years old. Six people were injured, including three policemen who tried to rescue those trapped in a nightclub. In connection with the incident, the police detained 23 people.

According to authorities, people tried to escape through the door by trampling on each other in the confined space.

Residents and party-goers told the local MPC radio station that the police used tear gas to expedite the evacuation of the site, but the Interior Ministry denies it.

Peru now has a Sunday curfew and a ban on public gatherings to slow the spread of the coronavirus. This South American country with 32 million inhabitants has so far reported over 27,000 jobs. deaths from Covid-19 and 585 thousand. SARS-CoV-2 infection, and recently has more than 9,000. new infections daily.

Peru, considered a model of dynamic economic development on the continent before the outbreak of the pandemic, is now an example of a developing country that is unable to contain the disease despite severe restrictions.

Peru’s death-to-population ratio is one of the highest in the world. According to the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, 84 people out of 100,000 have died there. residents. For comparison, in Brazil and the USA this figure is around 54 people, and in Italy 59.

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