The tavern in Cape Town where six people died in a stampede allegedly sold alcohol to children who were celebrating the end of mid-year exams, and neither did it ask to see IDs at the entrance. Two more women injured in the stampede were killed in a car accident on their way to hospital.It was alleged yesterday that a gunshot sparked the tragedy at Osi's Place in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, early on Sunday. Panicked customers fled and a staircase railing snapped.Reports of children inside the venue have caused dismay among provincial authorities, and Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said: "The senseless loss of young people's lives is a lesson to us all."The number of young people who walk into the province's health facilities due to alcohol-related injuries is rising and so decisive action is needed."Western Cape police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel André Traut said an inquest docket had been opened "to determine if any person can be held responsible for their death".Traut said the incident occurred at about 3am and that the deceased were aged between 15 and 23.A survivor, Grade 12 pupil Yanelisa Sulelo, 19, said she and dozens of other pupils had gone to party after their exams . Her friend and fellow pupil at Chris Hani High School, Abulele Nkepu, 19, died in the stampede."The tavern was so full of young children who had come to celebrate, we could hardly walk inside the place," said Sulelo."Apparently there was a fight inside the tavern and we heard a gunshot. People started panicking and some fell on top of me. my brother and my friends pulled me out. We were not asked for IDs at the entrance."The provincial liquor authority has shut Osi's Place pending the outcome of the police investigation. It could lose its licence if it is found to have broken liquor regulations...