At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as playgoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub raided by police because it was open in violation of restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. 
 
<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/peru-says-over-900-girls-women-feared-dead-since-pandemic-began-316453">Also read: Peru says over 900 girls, women feared dead since pandemic began</a> 
 
At least six were injured, including three police officers, as around 120 people tried to escape the Thomas Restobar club on Saturday night as police arrived to break up a party on its second floor, national police and government officials said. 
 
Neighbors had alerted police about the raucous event at the club in the Los Olivos district of the Peruvian capital.

"In these circumstances when people begin to fight to get out, it's tumultuous, everyone goes against each other," Orlando Velasco of the National Police told local radio station RPP.

An Interior Ministry statement said the revellers tried to squeeze en masse through the only entrance door and became trapped between the door and a staircase leading to the street.

Police detained at least 23 partygoers, the ministry said.

Peru ordered the closure of nightclubs and bars in March and banned extended family gatherings on August&nbsp;12 to fight what is Latin America's second highest COVID-19 infection rate, according to a Reuters tally. A Sunday curfew is also in effect.

Peru had recorded a total of 585,236 coronavirus cases as of Saturday, double the number reported on July 2, while the known death toll has risen to 27,453.

At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as playgoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub raided by police because it was open in violation of restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as playgoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub raided by police because it was open in violation of restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. Also read: Peru says over 900 girls, women feared dead since pandemic began At least six were injured, including three police officers, as around 120 people tried to escape the Thomas Restobar club on Saturday night as police arrived to break up a party on its second floor, national police and government officials said. Neighbors had alerted police about the raucous event at the club in the Los Olivos district of the Peruvian capital. "In these circumstances when people begin to fight to get out, it's tumultuous, everyone goes against each other," Orlando Velasco of the National Police told local radio station RPP. An Interior Ministry statement said the revellers tried to squeeze en masse through the only entrance door and became trapped between the door and a staircase leading to the street. Police detained at least 23 partygoers, the ministry said. Peru ordered the closure of nightclubs and bars in March and banned extended family gatherings on August 12 to fight what is Latin America's second highest COVID-19 infection rate, according to a Reuters tally. A Sunday curfew is also in effect. Peru had recorded a total of 585,236 coronavirus cases as of Saturday, double the number reported on July 2, while the known death toll has risen to 27,453.

At least 13 killed in stampede as club goers flee at sight of Peru police 

In order to tackle rising criminal activities amid COVID-19, police in Peru seized a huge cache of arms during a crackdown. The police have made over 100,000 arrests during the lockdown period.

Peru police seize huge cache of arms

Peruvian police seized over nine hundred weapons during a crime wave amid the coronavirus state of emergency, the government reported this week.

Peru: Hundreds of weapons seized by police during in Lima

Police in Peru on Friday destroyed over 11,000 weapons seized in recent months during police operations nationwide. In the city of Pisco, located some 300 kilometers (186 miles) from the capital Lima, officials said this was the largest weapons destruction operation in a decade. The majority of the weapons were seized from criminals and gangs. The arsenal consisted of 3,783 pistols, 5,230 revolvers, 319 carbines, 1,213 shotguns and 1,065 handcrafted weapons. According to official statistics, 13 out of 100 Peruvians were victims of robbery between July and December 2018, most carried out with a firearm. The destruction was carried out within the framework of the United Nations International Day of Destruction of Small Arms commemorated every 9th of July since 2001.

Peru police destroy thousands of illegal weapons

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At least 13 killed in stampede as club goers flee at sight of Peru police

Peru police seize huge cache of arms

Peru: Hundreds of weapons seized by police during in Lima

Peru police destroy thousands of illegal weapons