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{{Short description|2020 crowd crush in Lima, Peru}}
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==Crush==
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|access-date=23 August 2020|website=[[Radio Programas del Perú|RPP]]|language=es}}</ref> The crowd had instead amounted to over 120 people, with the authorities realizing this shortly after their raid began at about 9:00{{nbsp}}p.m. PET.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Peruvian authorities reported that police had attempted to calmly disperse the gathering and panicked guests surged down the stairs from the second level when attempting to flee from the scene.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Police had to forcibly pull the doors of the club open with ropes attached to trucks due to the number of people crowding the exit.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite
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|access-date=23 August 2020|website=[[Radio Programas del Perú|RPP]]|language=es}}</ref> An attorney for the owners of the property said that they "are not responsible" for the incident and that they had leased the building to be operated as a restaurant, not as a nightclub.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Castillo|first=Sophia|date=2020-08-24|title=Los Olivos {{!}} Abogada de dueños del local afirma que ellos "no son responsables" por la muerte de las 13 personas|url=https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/los-olivos-abogada-de-duenos-del-local-afirma-que-ellos-no-son-responsables-por-la-muerte-de-las-13-personas-noticia-1288344|access-date=2020-08-24|website=[[Radio Programas del Perú|RPP]]|language=es}}</ref>
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* [[Victoria Hall disaster]]
* [[List of fatal crowd crushes]]
* [[Utopía nightclub fire]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Human stampedes in South America]]
[[Category:August 2020 events in Peru]]
[[Category:Los Olivos District]]
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