Another 120 people tried to escape for a single exit.
Thirteen other people died in a stampede in Peru.
The tragedy occurred on Sunday night when police raided an illegal nightclub just outside Lima that violated Covid’s closing rules.
Around 120 people had packed into the second floor of the Thomas Restobar nightclub, situated in a dilapidated building in the industrial area in the Los Olivos district for the clandestine event.
When officials arrived at the scene, the revelers panicked to walk out the door alone.
Nine other people were also injured, adding up to three officers.
Another 23 people were arrested, 15 of whom tested positive for COVID-19, Claudio Ramarez, a Ministry of Health official, told AP Claudio Ramarez. They’ll be quarantined now.
He said the party “is fertile soil for the transmission of this disease, there is viral load because it is a closed environment”.
One party-goer claimed police appeared at 9 PM, and told the crowd to let the women exit first.
“People got excited and started to go down, and then they said that the people in front were suffocating,” he said.
Some alleged that police fired tear gas; however the chief of police Gen. Orlando Velasco has denied this.
A security guard who works nearby told the site that the location had hosted parties before, and that they simply lowered the lights and music whenever police cars were nearby.
“Sorry for the enjoyed onesArray … also anger and outrage towards the entrepreneurs who organized the event,” Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra said, prompting organizers to face prosecution.
All mass gatherings are banned in Peru amid the coronavirus pandemic.
With nearly 600,000 registered instances, the South American country has the sixth number of instances in the world.
More than 27,000 Peruvians have died from the disease, a rate of 837 consistent with one million inhabitants, the third deadliest on the planet.
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