Around 70 students fell victim to a wasp attack at the grounds of the Sri Sugatha Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Ballaketuwa in the Badulla district earlier today (Jan 17).
Police said that the incident had occured when the students had unknowingly agitated the hive of the wasps while playing.
The students are currently receiving treatment at the Demodara and Badulla hospitals.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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