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2015 in Mozambique

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Other events of 2015 Timeline of Mozambican history

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of Mozambique.

January

  • January 10 - A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involves beer that was deliberately contaminated with crocodile bile leaving at least 56 dead and 146 hospitailized.
  • January 12 - The death toll from the poisoned beer rises to at least 69, with 169 in hospital. Reports also question whether the poison involved was actually crocodile bile; several studies have indicated that the substance is relatively harmless. The competing theory is that the actual poison may have been cardiac glycosides found in local plants.
  • January 13 - The death toll from contaminated beer in the Mozambique rises to at least 72.

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