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Two children dead, three injured in bee attack in C'garh

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Press Trust of India Korba
Two children including a girl were killed and three others were injured after they were attacked by honey bees in Chhattisgarh's Korba district.

The incident took place last evening when the five children of a family had gone to a forest to graze cattle at Kumhari Darri village, some 80 kms away from here, Pasan police station house officer P Kispotta said.

Ther victims were near the Bamhani river on the outskirts of the village when the bees attacked them, leaving the two-and-half years old Shankar Pando dead on the spot.

The other four managed to reach the village and were taken to a local community health centre. Shankar's sister Rajni died during the treatment, Kispotta said.
 

Rita (8), Geeta (6) and Ravishankar (4) were being treated at Pendra community health centre.

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First Published: Sep 21 2015 | 6:57 PM IST

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