
Daghestan
Over 100 people infected after drinking contaminated water in Daghestan
Most of those affected were young children.
Most of those affected were young children.
At least 270 people sought medical help related to the mass poisoning.
Around 400 residents of the Daghestani town of Izberbash protested in front of the local mayor’s office on Tuesday, demanding their water access be restored. Houses in the town have been without water for the last three weeks. As protesters gathered chanting ‘Water! Water! Water!’, neither the town’s mayor, Abdulmedzhid Suleymanov, nor his deputy, Nariman Rabadanov, were present. Ruslan Magomedov, director of the water supply company, Vodokanal, addressed the crowd. He attempted to quell