CIANJUR, West Java: Nine people have died from drinking poison after attending a consuming function in Cianjur, West Java, regional authorities said.
According to Head of Cianjur Police Narcotics Unit Septian Pratama, the most recent target passed away on January 10 at around midnight due to his worsening situation.
” There were a total of 12 victims, nine have died and for the other three, one is still being treated ( at the hospital ) while the other two have been discharged”, he said on Monday, as quoted by local news outlet Detik.
Local media had previously reported that the 12 of them, who are Pademangan Village residents between the ages of 29 and 55, had consumed extremely large drinking at a consuming function last Thursday.
According to the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Mande District Police Helmi, they had apparently mixed their own coffee using 96 % alcohol, which they had purchased from an online retailer.  ,
One of the five-liter containers of alcohol arrived on Thursday night, and one of them combined it with drink and bottled beverages before consuming the beverages at one of their homes, according to Kompas.  ,
The majority of them, according to the officers, started experiencing serious drinking intoxication symptoms like nausea, vomiting, headaches, muscle loss, and a chest burning sensation the day after drinking.  ,
Three of the 12 had passed away at home after coworkers from nearby found their body.  ,
” Some of them died at the hospital, and some even died at home because they did not receive health care in day”, Septian earlier said on Saturday, as quoted by Kompas.  ,
According to Kompas, the police likewise discovered the jack can vessel at one of the victims ‘ homes, which is thought to be the location of the consuming event.  ,
Septian told investigators on Saturday that when other villagers discovered the liquor remnants and attempted to lose it, the water caused an explosion.  ,
He added that initial studies found that they had consumed “non-food-grade alcohol”, commonly used for outside reasons like antiseptics.
If there were any other people at the having occurrence, the authorities are also looking into it.  ,
Individually, four people died at another eating event on Friday in Central Bogor, West Java.
One another remains in critical situation, Kompas reported.  ,
Central Bogor Police Chief Commissioner Agustinus Manurung said on Sunday that they had supposedly consumed adult mixed drink, though it is still unclear what kind of beer was consumed.  ,
At the Central Bogor Police Station on Sunday night, two individuals at the site and the alcohol retailer have been questioned.  ,