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10 killed for consuming deadly home-brewed liquor in Jakarta

Xinhua,April 04, 2018 Adjust font size:

JAKARTA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Poisonous moonshine has killed at least 10 people in Indonesia's capital and its outskirt cities, a senior police officer said here Wednesday.

Police chief in East Jakarta Senior Commissioner Tony Surya revealed that the home-distilled drink was consumed by the victims in several places.

The victims were rushed into hospitals and a health clinic, but died after arriving there, the police chief said.

"The 10 victims were found in several scenes (hospitals and a health clinic)," he said at the Jakarta metropolitan police headquarters.

Police are hunting for the trader and distributor of the deadly product, he added. Enditem

 

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