Scores poisoned at Baku feast

50 people were hospitalized after receiving poisoning at a dinner party in Baku on Tuesday night. According to preliminary estimates, it was caused by soft drinks served at the ceremony.

28 of the affected persons were children aged between four and 13. The condition of the kids, rushed to a hospital in the Sabunchu district, is currently normal, doctors say.

22 more people brought to the Baku Clinical Hospital have already been discharged.

The poisoned persons said they had attended “kichik toy”, a traditional ceremony marking a child’s circumcision, in the Bina settlement outside Baku.

Doctors are working to determine the causes of poisoning. Samples have been sent to a bacteriology lab for testing.*