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Toxic Cleaning Fluid Kills 11

Eleven people died in the Moscow region after they drank a toxic cleaning fluid, an official for the local prosecutor's office said Tuesday. Vladimir Artemyev, deputy head of prosecution in Pavlovsky Posad, 68 kilometers east of Moscow, said by phone that the 11 people, including two women, had drunk the toxic liquid Monday in the neighboring town of Elektrogorsk. "This liquid is usually used for cleaning of airplane windows to prevent their freezing," he said. "The liquid is very poisonous." Artemyev said the victims were hospitalized but doctors could not save them. "The liquid contained a lot of alcohol and smelled rather pleasant, like a lemon," he said. "It did not look dangerous and, therefore, the 11 decided to use it like spirits."




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