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10-year-old boy stung to death by bees in MP town

A 10-year-old boy was stung to death by bees while he was playing in front of his residence in Mandsaur town of MP on Tuesday. The incident took place when Richard Thomas was playing in front of Ankur Apartment.

Updated on: Oct 29, 2014, 24:29:05 IST
Hindustan Times | By , Indore/Mandsaur
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A 10-year-old boy was stung to death by bees while he was playing in front of his residence in Mandsaur town of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

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The incident took place around 3pm when Richard Thomas was playing in front of Ankur Apartment. Suddenly, a bunch of bees attacked him. Soon he began to vomit and then fell on the road crying in pain.

The residents rushed him to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead. They said the boy died of heart attack, probably induced by bee poison.

Locals said it was unclear as to what made the bees to attack the boy.

Thomas is a Class 5 student of St Thomas School. His father is a government health official and mother works as a nurse in a local hospital.