Poisoning — Worldwide/Unknown
21 children died, and more than 2 dozen were hospitalized Tuesday [16 Jul 2013] after being poisoned by an insecticide-laced lunch served at a primary school in the eastern state of Bihar.
The children complained that the food — rice, beans and potato curry — tasted odd and soon suffered severe vomiting and diarrhea, officials said. After the children’s complaints, the school’s cook tasted the meal and promptly fell ill as well, according to P. K. Shahi, minister of human resource
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