Eighty people have died in Uganda after drinking illegal home-made banana gin laced with methanol.
A health official said so many died because relatives did not want to admit that people had been drinking the gin, known as waragi.
The deaths occurred over the past three weeks in the south-western Kabale district, and house-to-house searches for gin are now being conducted.
The Daily Monitor newspaper reports about 120 jerrycans of waragi have been seized.
The BBC reports Waragi is drunk across Uganda, often by those who cannot afford industrialised alcohol.
Deaths from drinking it are not uncommon, but this is the largest number at one time for several years.
