Tag: Poisoning

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  Adulterated liquor kills at least 37 in Bogota

  

  At least 37 people died between Nov. 24 and Dec. 20 in Bogota for having consumed adulterated liquor containing methanol. According to local media reports, 7 others are hospitalized in critical condition.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:09 UTC

  Third person dies of contaminated craft beer in Brazil

  

  A third person has died in Brazil of suspected poisoning from a batch of craft beer contaminated with a toxic chemical used in antifreeze and other products, police in the state of Minas Gerais said on Thursday.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 14:53 UTC

  Attack on Venezuelan opposition leader said to be slow-motion assassination

  

  Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana said Wednesday's attack against Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was to poison her with a delayed-effect substance.

• Thursday, March 8th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Major UK/Moscow diplomatic row in the making: nerve gas was used in murder attempt in Salisbury

  

  British Home Secretary is to make a Commons statement on the Salisbury poisoning mystery amid calls for a police investigation into 14 suspicious spying-related deaths in recent years. Amber Rudd will report to MPs on the dramatic disclosure by Scotland Yard that Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a deadly nerve agent and targeted in an attempt to murder them.