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Benjamin Lynch

Mass ‘poisoning’ horror as 28 people die and 60 others struck down by mystery substance

A shocking 'mass poisoning' incident has left at least 28 people killed and made around 60 others ill.

In the Ahmedabad and Botad districts of Guajarat in India, methyl alcohol was used to make booze that was extremely strong according to police.

A permit is needed for the consumption of alcohol in Gujarat and it cannot be bought or sold in the state. Reports say that victims, mostly agriculture and sanitary workers, did not seek help for fear of arrest after the consumption of alcohol.

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