Mass methanol poisoning in Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast · 7 Oct 2021 · Other

From 7 October 2021 people in Yekaterinburg were poisoned by methanol sold in one district of the city. According to the prosecutor's office, as reported by RIA Novosti on 21 October, 24 people died.

Official figures

Dead, by the official count: 24; as of 21 Oct 2021 · archive copy

The sources' words

On the death toll, as of 21 Oct 2021

«По данным прокуратуры, число жертв уже возросло до 24.»

РИА Новости: «Арестован третий обвиняемый по делу об отравлении метанолом в Екатеринбурге», 21 октября 2021 · archive copy

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