El Paraíso stampede

When

16 Jun 2018

Kind

Crowd crush

Coordinates

10.49° N, 66.93° W

Description

2018 stampede in Caracas, Venezuela

Deaths

21

Injured

9

Nightclub violence in Venezuela in 2018

The El Paraíso stampede was a stampede of more than 500 people that occurred in the early-morning hours of 16 June 2018 at the El Paraíso Social Club, also known as Los Cotorros Club, in the El Paraíso urbanization in Caracas, Venezuela. The stampede was the result of a tear gas canister being detonated during a brawl among a group of students from different schools celebrating their proms.

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