KARACHI (Reuters) - At least 40 people, mostly from Pakistan's minority Hindu community, have died and dozens were taken to hospital after drinking tainted liquor days ahead of a major festival, police said on Wednesday.
Most of the victims were from the Hindu Kohli community who had been drinking on Monday ahead of Thursday's Holi festival, which marks the beginning of spring, Irfan Baluch, a senior police official in Tando Muhammad Khan district, east of Karachi, said.
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