Cape Town: In a mysterious circumstances, 17 people were found dead at the Enyobeni Tavern in East London city of South Africa, media reports said on Sunday.
"The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation," BBC quoted a police spokesman telling the Newzroom Africa television channel.
"We do not want to make any speculations at this stage," Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said.
According to media reports, the victims' relatives are unable to see the bodies.
Bodies were lying inside the venue as if they had collapsed on the floor, BBC quotes witnesses telling the Daily Dispatch newspaper.
According to Eastern Cape Police Commissioner Nomthetheleli Lilian Mene is at the scene, and she told SABC News: "there was an alleged stamped inside the tavern".
Most of the bodies were of young adults aged between 18 and 20, according to Brigadier Kinana. (UNI)