Home brew kills 51 people in Libya

LIBYA’S health minister yesterday said 51 people have died over the past three days from drinking home-made alcohol that contained poisonous methanol.

By The Newsroom

Published 12th Mar 2013, 00:00 BST

Nouri Doghman said another 330 people were injured by drinking the alcohol.

He said some were blinded, while others went into comas or suffered kidney failure.