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Toll Rises to 218 in Dominican Republic Nightclub Tragedy
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|April 11, 2025
A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has claimed at least 218 lives, authorities said on Thursday, as the search for survivors turned increasingly grim.
SANTO DOMINGO: A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has claimed at least 218 lives, authorities said on Thursday, as the search for survivors turned increasingly grim.
The nightclub collapsed on Tuesday and for two days families have gathered outside the wreckage of the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo, anxious for information about their missing relatives and sharing photos with police.
"We are not going to abandon nobody," Juan Manuel Mendez, head of the country's emergency operations centre, said at a press conference.
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