17 dead in Caracas club stampede sparked by tear gas: official

[TomSea]

17 dead in Caracas club stampede sparked by tear gas: official

Caracas (AFP) - Seventeen people, including eight minors, were killed at a crowded Caracas club early Saturday when a tear gas canister was detonated, setting off a stampede, Venezuelan officials said.

The deaths occurred after a brawl broke out during a middle school graduation party and someone detonated the tear gas, sending more than 500 people rushing for the exits, said Interior and Justice Minister Nestor Reverol.

In comments aired on state VTV television, Reverol put the death toll at 17.

Read more at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/17-dead-caracas-club-stampede-sparked-tear-gas-153155205.html

I thought things were so bad down there, Venezuela, they wouldn't have time for graduation parties like this. Maybe the poor, of which there are many in Latin America, just got much more poorer.  A middle school graduation and someone set off a tear gas canister causing a stampede.

[XenaLee]

I thought things were so bad down there, Venezuela, they wouldn't have time for graduation parties like this. Maybe the poor, of which there are many in Latin America, just got much more poorer.  A middle school graduation and someone set off a tear gas canister causing a stampede.

Exactly my first thought too.  What?   They may have to resort to dumpster diving for dinner... but there's always room for party/Miller Time?  Who knew?