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At least 72 in Mozambique are dead after drinking poisoned beer. Is crocodile bile to blame? – The Washington Post

By Thomas A. Smith

At least 72 people who drank a homemade beer at a funeral in Mozambique over the weekend have died, health officials said on Tuesday. Authorities believe that the beer, a traditional millet-based brew called pombe, was poisoned during the course of the funeral.

via www.washingtonpost.com

This is why I never drink home-brewed African beer.

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Thomas A. Smith, At least 72 in Mozambique are dead after drinking poisoned beer. Is crocodile bile to blame? – The Washington Post, The Right Coast (January 13, 2015) [The Library at LexBlog, LEX-WK-538905RT, lexpid.org/538905RT]

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