[MAGHAREBIA] Libyan authorities incarcerated... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
six people in connection with a mass alcohol poisoning that claimed 79 lives since Saturday, a Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
police official told Libya Herald on Tuesday (March 12th).
"We still do not know what the poison is," Colonel Mahmoud Sharif said. The home-made alcohol is believed to have been tainted with methanol.
Methanol, which is also used as fuel, is often added to "Boukha" to strengthen the alcoholic content. Its health risks include blindness, kidney failure and seizures, and it can be fatal if the methanol content is more concentrated.
According to Health Minister Noureddine Doghman, 709 cases had been reported since Saturday. The corpse count is expected to rise.