Eating tainted food kills 11

Vinegar tainted with anti-freeze is suspected of killing 11 people and making a further 120 sick after a communal Ramadan meal in a Chinese village.

Investigators suspect the victims consumed vinegar that was put in two plastic barrels that had previously been used to store anti-freeze, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

It said the mass food poisoning occurred on Saturday night in a village close to Hotan city in the far western region of Xinjiang. The victims were Muslims sharing an evening meal after the daily fast observed during the holy month of Ramadan.

Xinhua said children as young as six were among the dead.