Essequibo funeral- goers attacked by Africanized bees

-several hospitalised

Several persons are presently hospitalised at the Suddie Public Hospital on the Essequibo Coast after they were stung by a swarm of Africanized bees on Sunday afternoon.

According to information reaching the Guyana Chronicle, as the funeral service was concluding at Hampton Court around 1600hrs on Sunday, persons inadvertently shook a tree , disturbing the fierce  bees which attacked the mourners.

Persons were seen screaming and running from the Hampton Court cemetery and according to Pandit Chandraskar Sharma , he was stung thrice about his body.

The wounded were rushed to the hospital immediately as the bees headed for the bushes near the cemetery. At least three persons were admitted to the medical institution for treatment.(Indrawattie Natram)

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