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==Stampede==
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|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|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 attempted to calmly disperse the gathering, though panicked guests [[Stampede|stampeded]] on 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
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 web|last=|first=|date=23 August 2020|title=Lima: Tragedia en Los Olivos: 15 contagiados de coronavirus entre los 23 det {{!}} NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO PERÚ|url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/tragedia-en-los-olivos-15-contagiados-de-coronavirus-entre-los-23-detenidos-en-la-discoteca-nndc-noticia/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=23 August 2020|website=[[El Comercio (Perú)|El Comercio]]|language=es}}</ref>
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