At a nightclub in South Africa, 17 people were found deceased

According to eyewitnesses who spoke to the print media, the victims were lying inside the venue as though they had slumped to the ground.

Digital Desk: According to authorities, at least 17 individuals were discovered dead at a nightclub on Sunday in East London, a city in southern South Africa.

Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana, the head of the provincial police, told AFP, "We got a report of 17 (people) who perished in a local tavern in Scenery Park, which is based in East London. He further stated that the incident's circumstances are still being looked into by the authorities.

The circumstances behind the incident are still being probed, a police spokesman told the news outlet Newzroom Africa.

We don't want to make any assumptions right now, Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said.

There are a lot of emergency service personnel working in the Eastern Cape province.

Reports state that the family of the victims have not been let to view their remains, and the neighbourhood has requested that the venue be closed.

The Eastern Cape Police Commissioner, Nomthetheleli Lilian Mene, told SABC News that "there was supposedly a stampede inside the tavern."

The majority of those found deceased, according to Brigadier Kinana, were young individuals between the ages of 18 and 20.

According to eyewitnesses who spoke to the print media, the victims were lying inside the venue as though they had slumped to the ground.

The dead remains were transported to various neighbouring morgues, a representative for the Eastern Cape's health department told News24.

"We are going to conduct autopsy as quickly as possible to ascertain the probable cause of death," Siyanda Manana continued.