{"id":87241,"date":"2023-11-01T16:22:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87241"},"modified":"2023-11-01T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:22:55","slug":"wedding-party-bootleg-booze-kills-14-and-leaves-four-critically-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/wedding-party-bootleg-booze-kills-14-and-leaves-four-critically-ill\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding party bootleg booze 'kills 14' and leaves four critically ill"},"content":{"rendered":"
More than a dozen wedding guests have been killed and four left in a critical condition after drinking illegal bootleg alcohol at a celebration in Indonesia\u00a0this weekend, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The initial number of fatalities was said to be 11 but has since risen to 14, the Jakarta Globe reports citing police, with four people remaining in critical condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The youngest victim at the party in the West Java town of Subang was 16, authorities have said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police have confirmed one arrest in connection with the incident, while local media reports that a couple who were operating an unauthorized liquor store were arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the wake of the event on Saturday, 18 partygoers were rushed to Subang district general hospital for ‘alcohol intoxication’, said hospital spokesman Wawan Gunawan.<\/p>\n
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Authorities destroy thousands of bottles of alcoholic beverages after they’ve been seized from illegal traders on March 31, 2022 (file image)<\/p>\n
The victims died after buying the booze for the wedding party on Saturday, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their ages ranged from 16 to 45, police said, and most reportedly came from\u00a0Sarireja Village in Jalancagak district.<\/p>\n
Local reports suggest that villagers, outraged by the deaths, wrecked a shop they suspected sold the alcohol consumed at the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The deaths are the latest in a string of fatalities caused by homemade booze.<\/p>\n
In 2018, more than 60 Indonesians died from drinking cheap home-made alcohol with police conducting raids across the country to arrest more than half a dozen vendors, including one who mixed mosquito repellent into his concoction.<\/p>\n
In 2016, 36 people died in Central Java after drinking locally-brewed alcohol.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population, and drinking alcohol is considered haram, or forbidden, in Islam.<\/p>\n
Most people practice a moderate form of Islam and alcohol is available in big cities, but high taxes make it expensive and some people can turn to potentially dangerous home-made liquor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Two women break down after their received news that a family member has died from drinking illegal alcohol, at a hospital in Bandung, West Java province on April 9, 2018 (file image)<\/p>\n