In statements to Lusa, the spokesman of the Luanda command of the SIC, Fernando de Carvalho, explained that investigators went to the hospital where some of the drinkers were taken, to find out what happened.
The case that occurred in the Caop neighborhood, in Viana, Angolan public radio reported this Monday, involves a drink which was given the name of "caipirinha of bad luck", a mixture of drinks, namely "boss's water" [a distilled craft drink, composed by sugar and yeast], capassarinho [a fruit with hallucinogenic effect] and JET A1 fuel, for airplanes.
According to the coordinator of the Residents' Commission, António Costa, the drink causes as symptoms headache, body aches, nausea, general malaise, difficulty walking, in addition to loss of vision.
"There are other people in sector 12, but we can't get there, the information they gave us is that they consumed a drink, which they call boss's water, that mixed with JET and other products that we can't identify, but they say it's some buttons that come from a plough, that made the mixture of this drink, and just by ingesting it gives back problems and other symptoms", explained António Costa.
According to the head of the residents' committee, support was given to the families, in order to get a cab and take those affected to Josina Machel Hospital.
"The state is critical," he mentioned.
