There are four Regional Conventions taking place in Angola this weekend (25 to 27 August 2017), including two in Portuguese in Luanda: It appears that the attack took place at the Salão de Assembleias de Viana, Rua 28 de Maio, Luanda. The other convention that was taking place in Lucanda at the same time was being held at the Salão de Assembleias da Cuca, Rua Ngola Kiluanje, Luanda.
This was featured on the front page of Angola's O Pais (The Country) daily newspaper newspaper
More than 400 believers faint at Jehovah's congress
O Pais, Saturday, August 26, 2017 (via Google Translate)
With help from Jehovah's Witnesses, National Police forces
yesterday detained three young men who were supposed to have spread the
toxic substance that led to their demise.
More than 400 faithful of Jehovah's Witnesses Church collapsed yesterday
during the opening ceremony of the annual congress of this religious
congregation that takes place in the temple of Viana, in Luanda, when
inhaling toxic substance. The deaths occurred at 9 o'clock, with some
women among the seven thousand faithful who came to the compound (with
capacity for 11 thousand souls) for the purpose of attending the
congress that will end tomorrow.
Abraham Kituxi, one of the
eyewitnesses, revealed that one of the first people to go unconscious
and fell unconscious was a sister-in-law, that is, the Magui who was
immediately referred to the Cazenga municipal hospital, where she was
assisted. "Before, she had said she was feeling uncomfortable with an
unpleasant smell and I assumed it would have been some of the garbage
from the solid waste collection trucks that passed near the temple," he
said. Even so, when he passed out, he did not take it too seriously,
considering it to be one of those crises that afflict him when he
inhales some very active smell, and regardless of chemical composition,
he recovers easily.
But his deduction fell to the ground as he
suddenly saw other people occupying the last seats next to Magui,
complaining of the same annoyance, others even falling in a cascade. The
fact married a generalized panic among the community that attended the
lecture on the theme "do not give up". Those who resisted complained of
chest pains and the people nearby asked for water to drink. Those in
charge of the congregation immediately called on the police and
firefighters who sent four ambulances and three patrolmen who joined the
faithful evacuating the patients in private vehicles to the nearest
health facilities, such as the Cazenga Municipal Hospital and the
Cajueiros Hospital.
Police arrested alleged offenders
The
toxic product that triggered the situation will have been spread by a
group presumably consisting of seven individuals of legal age, three of
whom are already in police custody. After some of their attempts were
made, some went to one of the changing rooms to change their clothes so
as not to be recognized, but for their great bad luck, the ominous odor
provoked the same reaction to the faithful who performed the protocol
service To the entrance of these enclosures.
"One of the accused was
detained in one of the changing rooms, the other trying to enter one of
the ladies' bathrooms with the same purpose and the third to cross the
gate," said Manuel Ricardo, another eyewitness. All did not display the
badges that were distributed to the participants in the event by the
organization, and one of them was carrying a folder containing several
pieces of clothing. The toxic substance that caused the fainting, whose
chemical composition has not yet been determined, was in containers of
750 thousand liters of different colors, spread in strategic places,
already in the possession of the experts of the Provincial Service of
Criminal Investigation of Luanda and the Central Laboratory of
Criminalistics.
Demarcations of fainting in schools
The
clinical director of the Cazenga Municipal Hospital, Panda Dombaixi,
revealed to the OPAIS that of the 45 patients who attended, aged over 15
years, some complained of shortness of breath, chest pain and had
purple eyes. Most were recovered in the hospital yard and those who
appeared to be in a more serious condition were delivered to the ward.
"Clinically they were not worrisome because some patients were
recovering as they talked to the medical staff. Some even only with
exposure to natural oxygen, "he explained.
The doctor Panda Dombaixi
also explained that this occurrence is not associated with the faints
that occurred in the schools, although the real causes still have to be
ascertained. "Usually when mass faints occur, it is almost always
associated with a gas, because this product disperses easily in the air.
We just can not pinpoint exactly what kind of gas they have inhaled,
but they sure will have inhaled, "he said.
READ MORE: http://opais.co.ao/mais-de-400-fieis-desmaiam-no-congresso-dos-jeova/
Jehovah's Witnesses: More than 400 faithful pass out during "Do not Give Up"
Deolho News, Saturday August 26, 2017 (via Google Translate)
Jehovah's Witnesses faint as they inhale toxic substance
Jehovah's Witnesses: More than 400 faithful of Jehovah's Witnesses collapsed when they inhaled a toxic substance yesterday during the annual congress that was taking place in the Assembly Hall in the city of Luanda, Angola's capital, according to information from Portal de Angola.
The faints occurred around 9 o'clock, most of them women and children, among the more than seven thousand faithful who were in the place.
The fact married a widespread panic among the faithful who attended the lecture with the theme "do not give up". Those who resisted complained of chest pains and the people nearby asked for water to drink.
Those responsible for the congregation immediately called on the police and firefighters who sent four ambulances and three patrolmen who joined the faithful evacuating patients in private cars to the nearest health facilities.
The toxic product that caused the situation would have been spread by a group presumably comprised of seven major individuals, three of whom are already in police custody.
Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian religion, where believers are followers of Jesus, but believe that they are a restoration of that of Christianity that was practiced in the first century. All of its doctrines and teachings are based on the Bible, and religion is present in more than 230 countries worldwide.
Initially the group was known as Bible Students, but in 1931 they adopted the name Jehovah's Witnesses, based on the verses in Isaiah 43: 10-12. Contrary to what many people think, Jehovah's Witnesses are not Protestants, but are meant to obey the teachings of Jesus Christ, who is considered the founder of this religious organization.
Jehovah also appears in the Bible of the Catholic Church, but appears in tetragrammaton form, a word that was written without vowels, YHWH, and was translated to Jehovah.
READ MORE: http://opais.co.ao/mais-de-400-fieis-desmaiam-no-congresso-dos-jeova/
Video - please note that I can not confirm the veracity of this footage, though it appears to be genuine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiprcWiq8d0
