A survivor of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy told TimesLIVE people screamed and cried for help but the bouncer closed the door of the East London tavern the night 21 youngsters died.
'The kids were crying and calling for help. Some tried biting each other just to see if they are alive' — Relative / clubgoerA survivor of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy, whose identity is protected, told TimesLIVE people screamed and cried for help but the bouncer closed the door of the East London tavern the night 21 youngsters died.
“I was suffocating, but I was helped by another kid who stood in front of me who was pulled out by his friends and then tried pulling out other kids. He never left just because he was safe. Mostly he pulled out dead children.” “The bouncer did hear us when we were screaming for help. He saw children die, but he did not open the gate. He closed the gate on purpose. For what we don't know. We still want to know what happened. Why did he close the gate for us to not come out even though we were crying and screaming?
The person lost her cousin and her friend the night they visited the Enyobeni tavern for the first time on June 25.
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