A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD pupil of Abrams Creek Primary School, in Upper Pomeroon, jumped into the Pomeroon River to escape an attack by black marabuntas.

Titian Ramdat was going home from classes in a little canoe, which she and her brother were paddling Thursday afternoon when the swarm pounced on them from in a clump of bushes on the river bank.

The girl said she was stung on the head, face, arms, back and feet and had to jump overboard and duck below the water surface to avoid further stings.

She held on to the boat while under water after her brother advised her to make the leap.

Their mother, Sharon Farose said she is very worried about her daughter’s serious condition although she was treated at Abrams Creek Health Centre. (Rajendra Prabhulall)