Boy, 11, 'drops dead' after downing beers during under-14s drinking contest
dailystar.co.ukThe Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxAn 11-year-old boy "dropped dead" after downing five bottles of homebrew during a drinking contest for under-14s.The tragic death left onlookers shocked as they watched the competition in the town of Mzimba, in the northern Malawi district of the same name.Friends of the unnamed boy claimed he collapsed in the finals of the drinking contest, reports local paper Malawi24.Described as a "keen drinker" by local press, the boy reportedly downed five bottles of Kachashu, an unlicensed traditional distilled beer which was even used as hand sanitiser by locals.The beer-drinking contest had a prize of MWK 20,000 MWK (£20.50).The competition was.
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