Woman dies, 43 ill after eating mussels


KOTA KINABALU: A 23-year-old woman died and over 40 people have been hospitalised after they ate toxic mussels due to the red-tide phenomenon.

They were rushed to three hospitals early yesterday morning after eating the mussels bought at the Inanam night market and collected along the Likas Bay beach area.

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