Police officers stand guard outside a bus with people who were detained when a nightclub was raided for hosting a party in violation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Lima, Peru, August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
LIMA (Reuters) - More than a dozen people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after it was raided by police for hosting a party in violation of coronavirus restrictions.
The public prosecutor's office said on Sunday that 11 of the 13 dead tested positive for COVID-19. Fifteen of the 23 people detained by police who broke up the clandestine event on Saturday night also tested positive, President Martin Vizcarra said.
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