Tainted Homemade Alcohol Leaves 51 Dead
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Despite public warnings, more people have died from drinking tainted homemade alcohol from the same batch, raising the number of fatalities from the black-market beverage to 51, police said.
At least 85 people remained hospitalized, and the death toll was expected to rise, police said.
Most victims drank the brew over the weekend in or near Parnu, a southwestern seaside resort.
However, a police spokesman said that several people drank it and became ill this week, even after television and radio stations broadcast dire warnings.
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