SA tavern owner arrested for selling alcohol to minors

A total of 26 additional patients who were admitted to the hospital have subsequently been released.

SA tavern owner arrested for selling alcohol to minors

  In relation to the last month's deaths of 21 adolescents at a bar in the city of East London, South African police have detained three people.

The teens unexpectedly passed away while having a party at the Enyobeni Tavern.

Three individuals, including the bar's owner, were detained in connection with the sale of alcohol to minors.

After two teens died last month after collapsing at a party to mark the end of the mid-year exams, the liquor license authority lodged a police complaint.

A total of 26 additional patients who were admitted to the hospital have subsequently been released.

The owner of the establishment is due to appear in court next week, while two of his employees have been given the option of paying a fine of about $120 (£100) for selling alcohol to people under the age of 18.

Police are still trying to unravel exactly how the teenagers died.

The toxicology report is yet to be released, but pathologists have suggested that the deaths may have been caused by something they inhaled or ingested.