Draft:New's Divine nightclub tragedy

New's Divine nightclub tragedy
The bar's entrance three in March 2011
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Date20 June 2008 (2008-06-20)
Time18:00 CDT (UTC-5)
LocationGustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates19°30′00″N 99°05′19″E / 19.50000°N 99.08861°E / 19.50000; 99.08861
CauseStampede occurred after a police raid
Deaths12
Non-fatal injuries16

The New's Divine nightclub tragedy occurred in a discotheque bar located in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City, where on the evening of 20 June 2008, according to the official version of the authorities, a human stampede took place in which nine assistants and three police officers died and sixteen others were seriously injured.