PUBLISHED ONDecember 18, 2015 2:31 AM
LIMA - A Canadian stabbed a British man to death during a row at a hostel in Peru after drinking ayahuasca, the powerfully psychedelic South American brew, police told AFP Thursday.
The killing took place on Wednesday in a village near the Amazon city of Iquitos during a shamanic ceremony for tourists that included drinking the hallucinogenic tea that is embraced by advocates as a spirit cure.
The men, who have not been named, had both consumed the drink and after a heated argument the Briton attacked the Canadian, according to preliminary investigations.
The Canadian, 26, grabbed a knife and stabbed his victim to death.
The Briton was rushed to hospital but could not be saved and the Canadian is in police custody.