Frustrated families await news days after 222 killed in Dominican club disaster

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By Sauro Scalella, AFP

A woman argues with Forensic National Institute morgue employees for delays on information on their relatives after the Jet Set nightclub roof collapsed in Santo Domingo on April 11, 2025. Grief-stricken Dominicans began holding funerals for loved ones who were among at least 220 people killed in a nightclub rooftop collapse, even as dozens remained unaccounted for. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)

Dozens of desperate relatives waited in tents at the forensic morgue in Santo Domingo.
Photo: AFP / MARTIN BERNETTI

Frustration grew Friday in the Dominican Republic as families of some of the 222 people killed in a nightclub roof collapse three days earlier waited for their loved ones’ bodies to be identified.

Dozens of desperate relatives waited in tents at the forensic morgue in Santo Domingo, the capital city where the Jet Set club’s roof caved in on hundreds of people gathered to see merengue singer Rubby Perez in the early hours of Tuesday.

Perez was on stage when disaster struck, and the 69-year-old was given a sendoff Thursday at the…

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