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▲{{Short description|2020 human stampede in Lima, Peru}}
{{Infobox event
| title = Los Olivos
| map = {{Infobox mapframe|id=Q98603089|zoom= 14|geomask=P131}}
| map_caption = The location of the
| date = 22 August 2020
| location = [[Los Olivos District]], [[Lima, Peru|Lima]], Peru
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|venue=Thomas Restobar nightclub|time=9:00 p.m. [[Time in Peru|PET]] ([[UTC–5]])|timezone=}}
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==Background==
Peru is one of the countries most affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with over 576,000 confirmed cases of [[coronavirus disease 2019]] documented by 23 August 2020, and over 27,000 deaths attributed to the virus up to that date.<ref name=":0" /> In response to the pandemic, the Peruvian government banned large gatherings and enforced a 10:00{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Time in Peru|PET]] ([[UTC–5]]) [[curfew]].<ref name=":0" /> Nightclubs had been closed since March 2020 in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.<ref name=":1" />
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Local authorities were dispatched to the Thomas Restobar nightclub after receiving complaints from residents that about twenty to thirty people were in the club in violation of the government's ban on gatherings.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Acosta|first=Sebastián|date=22 August 2020|title=Los Olivos: Al menos 13 personas murieron tras una intervención policial en fiesta en una discoteca|url=https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/los-olivos-al-menos-10-personas-murieron-tras-una-intervencion-policial-en-fiesta-en-una-discoteca-noticia-1288141
Authorities attempted to provide first aid and transported the injured to nearby hospitals, with twelve individuals dying in transit and another dying while hospitalized.<ref name=":2" /> At least thirteen people were killed and six were injured during the event.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Twenty-three people were detained by police as a result of the incident,<ref name=":1" /> with fifteen of those arrested testing positive for coronavirus.<ref>{{Cite
==Reactions==
[[President of Peru|President]] [[Martín Vizcarra]] responded to the incident saying:<ref>{{Cite
The Peruvian Ministry of the Interior released a statement following the event, stating "The Ministry of the Interior profoundly regrets the deaths of 13 people as a consequence of the criminal irresponsibility of an unscrupulous business owner".<ref name=":0" /> Rosario Sasieta, Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, stated "I ask for the maximum sanction for those responsible. We are talking about intentional homicide for profit ... Partners and owners are the main responsible".<ref name=":2" /> A criminal attorney stated that the owners of the nightclub faced up to 35 years in prison if they are charged with homicide as a result of the incident.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Palacios|first=Oswaldo|date=23 August 2020|title=Los Olivos {{!}} Abogado Carlos Caro: Responsables de fiesta en discoteca podrían afrontar hasta 35 años de cárcel|url=https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/los-olivos-abogado-carlos-caro-responsables-de-fiesta-en-discoteca-podrian-afrontar-hasta-35-anos-de-carcel-noticia-1288147
Relatives of victims and those gathered at the club told Peruvian outlets that tear gas was deployed at the venue, though Peruvian authorities denied that any crowd control agents were dispersed.<ref name=":3" />
==See also==
* {{slink|Crowd collapses and crushes#Crowd "stampedes"}}
* [[Estadio Nacional disaster]]
* [[Victoria Hall disaster]]
* [[List of fatal crowd crushes]]
* [[Utopía nightclub fire]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Club fires}}
[[Category:2020 in Peru|Coronavirus pandemic]]▼
{{Human crushes}}
[[Category:2020 disasters in Peru]]
[[Category:2020s in Lima]]
[[Category:August 2020 crimes in South America]]
[[Category:COVID-19 pandemic in Peru]]
[[Category:Crime in Lima]]
[[Category:Disasters in nightclubs]]
[[Category:Human stampedes in 2020]]
[[Category:Human stampedes in South America]]
[[Category:August 2020 events in Peru]]
[[Category:Los Olivos District]]
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