Boy dies after being stung by hornets


A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy died after being stung by a swarm of hornets near his house in Gua Musang, Kosmo! reported.

Doctors at the Gua Musang Hospital said Amirul Shafiq, who was earlier playing with other children in a nearby field at Kampung Tanah Putih, had 55 stings all over his body. He was in surgery for six hours before doctors pronounced him dead.

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