Toxic methanol homebrew has killed at least 60 people in Libya and made 700 sick, leaving hospitals in the capital overstretched.
At least 60 people have been killed and 700 made ill in the Libyan capital by a batch of poisonous homemade liquor.
The scale of the alcohol poisoning is so great that hospitals in
Tripoli have been overstretched with patients and some of the victims
have had to be sent to clinics in other parts of the country for
treatment.The homemade brew, known locally as Boukha, has been laced with methanol, according to the country’s Health Minister Nurideen Doghman.
He said that at least 60 people had died. On Monday, the Health Ministry said that it had registered 51 deaths and 378 cases of poisoning, mainly in the capital.
Colonel Mahmoud Sharif said there had been more than 700 cases of alcohol poisoning.
"This includes 10 women - both Libyan and from other Arab states," he said.
"Six people have been arrested and an investigation is under way. Two others are believed to be on the run and their names have been given to border officials."
The consumption and sale of alcohol is banned in the North African country but it is available on the black market.
Libya has seen a significant increase in drug and alcohol trafficking since the dictator Muammar Gaddafi was ousted from power in 2011.
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