Kenyan Brew Kills 112, Man Arrested
November 19, 2000 - 0:0
NAIROBI -- Kenyan police have arrested a man suspected of being the manufacturer of a fatally contaminated brew that has killed 112 people this week, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Police on Friday arrested the suspect, Samuel Njoroge Karanja, at a chemical factory in a slum area of the capital Nairobi, the East African Standard reported.
More than 400 people were still in hospital on Saturday, some of them blinded, after drinking the brew which was laced with methanol.
(Reuter)
Police on Friday arrested the suspect, Samuel Njoroge Karanja, at a chemical factory in a slum area of the capital Nairobi, the East African Standard reported.
More than 400 people were still in hospital on Saturday, some of them blinded, after drinking the brew which was laced with methanol.
(Reuter)