The club, a marriage, was arrested. Credits: Reuters
At least thirteen other people were crushed or suffocated when revelers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after being attacked by police for throwing a party in violation of coronavirus restrictions.
At least six were injured, adding up to 3 policemen, as 120 others attempted to escape the Thomas Restobar club in the Los Olivos community in Lima on Saturday night when police arrived to interrupt the event, which the neighbors had reported, the national police and government officials. said Array
The club’s one couple have been arrested on Sunday, announced the Interior Ministry. In an earlier statement, the subsidiary attributed the deaths to “the irresponsibility of unscrupulous businessman.”
The revelers were wedged between the only door, which was locked, and a staircase leading to the street, police said. The thirteen affected were 11 men and two women between the ages of 20 and 30.
Peru ordered the closure of nightclubs and bars in March and banned the extended circle of family reunions on August 12 to combat what is the highest rate of the time of COVID-19 infection in Latin America, according to a Reuters count. The Sunday curfew is also in force. Peru’s Minister of Women Rosario Sasieta has called for harsh sanctions for the owners of the club.
“I’m asking for the maximum penalty for the owners of this place, which has actually been irresponsible, and we’re talking about a malicious for-profit murder,” Sasieta told reporters on a stopover on the spot on Sunday morning.
“Knowing that there is a fitness emergency, knowing that even at home you can’t meet relatives who don’t live there, you have the irresponsibility to open a position for 120 people?” Sasieta added.
Nightclub representatives were not available without delay for comment.
At least 23 revelers have been arrested by police following their investigation, the internal ministry said.
Peru recorded a total of 585236 cases of coronavirus on Saturday, double the number reported on 2 July, while the number of known deaths increased to 27453.
Reuters