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Poisoning suspected as 30 labourers fall unconscious after drink

Hospital investigating mass poisoning
Edhi ambulance drivers brought the men in the morning. APP
Edhi ambulance drivers brought the men in the morning. APP
The labours were between 18 and 35 years old. Photo by Kamran Sheikh
The labours were between 18 and 35 years old. Photo by Kamran Sheikh

KARACHI: Thirty labourers were taken to Civil Hospital Karachi Monday in a suspected case of food poisoning.

The labourers were between 18 and 35 years old. They told staff that an unknown man gave them a drink at a bus stop near City Railway Station, Dr Shah Muhammad, Emergency In-charge, told Aaj News.

The police said, however, that a labourer identified as Allah Rakha had provided the drink and after the men fainted he gathered up their mobile phones.

The police have detained the suspect and two accomplices and started investigating.

Edhi ambulance drivers brought the men in the morning.

The staff suspected that the men had food poisoning as they were vomiting.

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