Information surfaced on social media that 13 people died from poisoning with counterfait vodka in Samarkand. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, 5 people died in Samarkand on January 11.
Four of the deceased died in their homes, and one in the hospital, with most of them being alcohol addicts, with pre-investigation currently underway.
Earlier, 5 people died of alcohol poisoning in Andijan.