A 28 year-old man in Kasungu has died after drinking 10 bottles of beer in a beer contest, police say.
The deceased has been identified as Brave Banda, from Kamphungu village in the area of Traditional Authority Kawamba in the district.
It is said that Banda owned a pub where he was selling assorted beer and spirits.
On this particular day, he challenged his customers that he could drink 10 bottles of a particular beer which placed with 43 percent alcohol content.
Then the people struck a deal that if the pub owner emerged successful, he would be awarded and his customers would settle the bill.
Banda started drinking the beer but after the tenth bottle he fainted.
He was then rushed to Kamboni Health Centre where he died whilst receiving treatment.
Postmortem conducted revealed the cause of death as due to hypoglycemia.
Police have since advised all people that take beer to avoid attempting risky undertakings and taking too much alcohol on empty stomachs.
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