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South African president to attend funeral for 21 teenagers

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Mournful hymns were sung by a large choir as 19 coffins were carried into a large tent where the service is being held in East London's Scenery Park township. It's still not known what caused the deaths of the young people, aged between 13 and 17, whose bodies were found in the Enyobeni tavern. All were under the legal drinking age of 18 in South Africa.

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Times of India

South Africa holds memorial for 21 killed in tavern

South Africa will on Wednesday bid farewell to 21 people, mostly teens, who died in unclear circumstances at a township tavern last month, in an incident that shocked the nation.

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

South Africa's Enyobeni Tavern deaths: Tears for teenagers at mass funeral

Thousands attend a service in South Africa for 21 children who died mysteriously at a nightclub.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CTV News

South African president to attend funeral for 21 teenagers

South Africa's president will attend the funeral Wednesday for the 21 teenagers who died mysteriously at a tavern last month.

2 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

S.Africans gather to mourn deaths of 21 teenagers in tavern tragedy

By Johnnie Isaac EAST LONDON, South Africa - South African mourners gathered in the coastal city of East London on Wednesday to grieve the still-mysterious deaths of 21 teenagers in a poorly ventilated local tavern 10 days ago. Dressed in black, they sung and danced to solemn gospel songs in front of 19 of the victims' coffins. All were empty, officials at the funeral parlour said, as

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

South African president decries deaths of 21 teens in tavern

More than a thousand grieving family and community members are attending the funeral in South Africa's East London for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at a nightclub nearly two weeks ago.

2 years ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

South African president to attend funeral for 21 teenagers

EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to attend the funeral in East London Wednesday for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at a tavern almost two weeks ago.

2 years ago·United States

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