Homemade liquor kills 12, sickens 24 in Dominican Republic

Officials say the first deaths occurred last week and the remaining people recently became sick after drinking the same liquor during funerals for the initial victims.

By: AP | Santo Domingo | Updated: December 27, 2017 10:13 am

Homemade liquor kills 12, sickens 24 in Dominican Republic

Authorities in Santo Domingo are trying to find the source of the liquor. So far no arrest has been made in the case so far. (Representational image)

Authorities in the Dominican Republic say at least a dozen people have died and 24 more have been hospitalised after drinking homemade liquor containing methanol.

Officials say the first deaths occurred last week and the remaining people recently became sick after drinking the same liquor during funerals for the initial victims.

Health Secretary Altagracia Guzman said yesterday that officials are trying to find the source of the liquor and no one has been arrested.