The Case of the Poisonous Pombe

[Schol-R-LEA]

While the title might sound like a parody of an Agatha Christie novel, this is no joke: it's a genuine tragedy that took place in Mozambique this past week, where over 200 mourners at a funeral reception were poisoned with homebrew that was dosed with crocodile bile, 69 of them fatally, including the brewster. The police have deduced that the attack came in the afternoon, as people who imbibed earlier in the day had no symptoms. There are no suspects or leads to motive.

http://rt.com/news/221623-poisonous-beer-kills-56/

 

[drainbamage]

That's why I only dry-bile my beers...you only get the aroma and none of the flavor contributions. :cross:

Seriously though, that's really sad...69 dead and 169 hospitalized. I wonder what the motive was. Rival families/tribes?

 

[northcal]

Looks like it was probably another poison as croc bile isn't poisonous?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2015/01/12/what-is-crocodile-bile-and-is-it-really-poisonous/