Parents of dead SA tavern teens demand answers

The parents of a group of teenagers who died in mysterious circumstances at a pub in South Africa in June say they want authorities to release the results of forensics tests by Friday.

Twenty-one people - most of them teenagers - died at Enyobeni Tavern in the Eastern Cape, with the youngest just 13 years old in an incident that shocked the nation.

A month on and parents are still waiting for answers, with police yet to establish a cause. However, alcohol and carbon monoxide poisoning have been ruled out.

Forensics experts have said traces of methanol - commonly found in cleaning chemicals - had been found in the blood streams of all victims, but it’s not clear whether that was a contributing factor

Meanwhile the owner of the bar has been charged with selling alcohol to minors and is due to appear in court later this month.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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