One killed, five hurt in bee attack in Cambodia

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One killed, five hurt in bee attack in Cambodia

From correspondents in Phnom Penh

 

October 31, 2007

 

A CAMBODIAN farmer was stung to death and five others

were seriously hurt after a group of children hurled

stones at a bee hive.

 

The farmers were harvesting vegetables when they were

swarmed by the bees, which became enraged after the

children destroyed part of the hive with stones fired

from slingshots, police said.

 

Sim Tha, 54, died after being stung hundreds of times,

while three of the other five were found unconscious.

The children were not hurt.

 

" A group of children were shooting stones at the

beehive and part of it fell down on the farmers, "

district police chief Ly Buoy said.

 

" The victim is a bit old and could not manage to

escape from the swarm of bees, " he added by telephone

from western Cambodia where the accident occurred on

Monday.

 

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22679507-5001028,00.html

 

 

 

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