Eight people in the town of Sidi Allal Tazi, Morocco have died and dozens of others hospitalised after drinking homemade liquor, the health ministry said Wednesday.
More than 100 people in the town suffered from alcohol poisoning between Monday and Wednesday from consuming methanol, it said in a statement, with the health of 81 still being monitored.
Authorities said two suspects, aged 21 and 41, had been identified as those responsible for the bootleg alcohol and were among those hospitalised.Homemade alcohol caused seven deaths in central Morocco’s Meknes last year and 19 deaths in the northern city Ksar El Kebir in 2022.
Moroccan law technically prohibits the sale of alcohol to Muslims, who make up 99 per cent of the country’s population.