Wedding horror as 15 people killed after mudslide causes hotel to collapse in Peru

Wedding horror as 15 people are killed when mudslide causes wall to collapse onto dancefloor as guests celebrated in Peru

  • Wedding guests were dancing in a large tent on Sunday when mudslide hit 
  • Tent crashed down on top of the party, killing thirteen people immediately 
  • Two have since died in hospital while 34 were wounded, five of them critically 
  • Bride and groom were not among the dead and are in a stable condition 

Fifteen people have been killed and 34 more left injured after a mudslide crashed into wedding guests at a hotel in Peru.

Dozens of party-goers were dancing in a large tent on Sunday when the mud caused a wall of the hotel to collapse, bringing the tent down on top of them.

Thirteen people died immediately while another two have since died in hospital. Five more are in critical condition.

Fifteen people have died and 34 were left wounded after a mudslide crashed into a hotel which was hosting a wedding party in Peru

The mud demolished a wall at the hotel which in turn caused a large tent to collapse on top of guests, burying them in the rubble

The mud demolished a wall at the hotel which in turn caused a large tent to collapse on top of guests, burying them in the rubble

The bride and groom – Benedicta Palomino and Bladimir Marquez – were not among the dead and are in a stable condition. 

Eleven men and four women have been identified among the dead, Peru’s civil defence chief General Jorge Chavez said.

Emergency services worked through the night to pull victims from the wreckage of the hotel, before sending them to nearby hospitals.

It is not clear whether any of the guests were still missing on Monday morning. 

The accident happened at the Alhambra hotel in the Andean city of Abancay, which has been hammered with heavy rains for the last five days. 

Rusby Zela, the local civil defense head, said the rains had caused the mudslide. 

The bride and groom - Benedicta Palomino and Bladimir Marquez - were not among the dead and were in a stable condition on Sunday, government officials said

The bride and groom – Benedicta Palomino and Bladimir Marquez – were not among the dead and were in a stable condition on Sunday, government officials said

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