Editing Enschede fireworks disaster (section)

== Death toll ==
[[File:20130407 Roombeek 10.JPG|thumb|Memorial at the site of the disaster on which the names of the dead are engraved]]

By 22 May 2000, 18 people had been confirmed dead,<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2000 |title=Aantal doden ramp stijgt tot achttien |url=https://www.rd.nl/oud/000523home.html?pg=ramp/000523bin04.html |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=Reformatorisch Dagblad |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523005741/https://www.rd.nl/oud/000523home.html?pg=ramp/000523bin04.html |url-status=live }}</ref> including an [[elderly]] woman who died from her injuries in a [[hospital]] on 21 May.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2000 |title=Dodental gestegen tot zeventien |url=https://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/focus/vuurwerk/teksten/vuurwerk.dodental17.html |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=Telegraaf |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523004115/https://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/focus/vuurwerk/teksten/vuurwerk.dodental17.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 May, the search for victims ended with three people still missing and presumed dead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2000 |title=Drie vermisten niet meer terug te vinden |url=https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/drie-vermisten-niet-meer-terug-te-vinden~bd094c90/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=Trouw |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523004127/https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/drie-vermisten-niet-meer-terug-te-vinden~bd094c90/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2000 |title=Bezoek rampgebied schokt bewoners |url=https://www.rd.nl/oud/000525home.html?pg=ramp/000525bin02.html |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=Reformatorisch Dagblad |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523005733/https://www.rd.nl/oud/000525home.html?pg=ramp/000525bin02.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A 19th victim died from her injuries in a hospital on 19 October 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2000 |title=Vuurwerkramp eist 19de leven |url=https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/vuurwerkramp-eist-19de-leven~bf654e50/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=Trouw |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511020258/https://www.trouw.nl/voorpagina/vuurwerkramp-eist-19de-leven~bf654e50/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The addition of the three missing people to the death toll brought the total to 22. In 2005, Dutch media reported that a 26-year-old Enschede resident who had died in a local hospital on 2 October 2000 was unofficially being recognized as the 23rd victim of the disaster.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nijland |first=Rik |date=24 May 2005 |title=Vergeten slachtoffer vuurwerkramp duikt op |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/vergeten-slachtoffer-vuurwerkramp-duikt-op~b7900241/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=Volkskrant |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511020258/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/vergeten-slachtoffer-vuurwerkramp-duikt-op~b7900241/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her [[widower]] clarified in an interview that while she sustained only minor injuries on the day of the disaster, she appeared to develop an [[eating disorder]] in the months thereafter, and that her doctor reported a "direct connection" between her death and the disaster without specifying whether or not she became physically ill as a result of the disaster or if illness was a factor in her death.<ref name=":0">[https://www.tubantia.nl/enschede/ziek-door-de-ramp-latifa-overleed-maanden-na-de-vuurwerkramp-maar-werd-slachtoffer-nummer-23~a4bc379e/?cb=2118b82d-7a42-4e27-8fac-7acd26808678&auth_rd=1 Ziek door de ramp: Latifa overleed maanden na de vuurwerkramp, maar werd slachtoffer nummer 23] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523004131/https://www.tubantia.nl/enschede/ziek-door-de-ramp-latifa-overleed-maanden-na-de-vuurwerkramp-maar-werd-slachtoffer-nummer-23~a4bc379e/?cb=2118b82d-7a42-4e27-8fac-7acd26808678&auth_rd=1 |date=23 May 2024 }} (Tubantia, 2005) (republished in 2020)</ref> A [[memorial]] at the site of the disaster lists her name along with the 22 victims included in the official death toll.