IN PICS | Empty coffins, tears at Enyobeni tavern tragedy mass funeral

By TIMESLIVE - 06 July 2022 - 12:02

Mourners at the mass funeral of 21 teenagers who died at in the Enyobeni tavern tragedy.
Image: Mark Andrews

Mourners gathered in Scenery Park in East London on Wednesday for the mass funeral of 21 teenagers who died in the Enyobeni tavern tragedy on June 26.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was one of the mourners.

The Daily Dispatch reported earlier that a 30-year-old woman collapsed shortly before the funeral. She was taken to hospital.

People gather near empty coffins ahead of the mass funeral for the victims of the East London tavern tragedy on July 6 2022.
Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Workers carry an empty coffin at a funeral parlour ahead of the mass funeral. President Cyril Ramaphosa was among the mourners.
Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko