Libya: Homemade Alcohol Kills 51 and Sickens Dozens

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: March 11, 2013

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Health Minister Nouri Doghman said Monday that 51 people had died over the previous three days from drinking homemade alcohol containing poisonous methanol and that 330 others had been sickened. Most of the victims were in Tripoli; some were blinded, while others went into comas or suffered kidney failure. Libya bans the sale and consumption of alcohol, but homemade versions are available on the black market
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