Medenine: 4 die after drinking homemade alcohol (updated report)

Two more people have died after drinking homemade alcohol, on Saturday, in the delegation of Sidi Makhlouf (Medenine governorate), taking the death toll to 4, according to an updated report. 11 other people were taken to the intensive care unit, Local Health Director Samir Marzouk said, adding that 5 of them were taken to the University Hospital of Medenine, 4 to the medical aid center in the capital, one to the Local Hospital of Zarzis and another one to the Local Tataouine Hospital. They are now under medical surveillance while other victims were taken, Sunday, to the Local Hospital of Sidi Makhlouf, the same source told TAP. 45 people were poisoned during the incident in addition to the cases transferred to the Local Hospital of Sidi Makhlouf. A crisis unit was created to ensure better coordination of transfers of victims between hospitals in the region and Tunis. Public Prosecutor at the Médenine First Instance Court, Fathi Baccouche told TAP that a second person implicated in this case was arrested . A third individual with a criminal history is now wanted by the police. A civil protection team was dispatched to the scene of the incident to search for traces of this homemade alcohol so as to reveal its components, he added. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse