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Twenty injured in wasp attack on pre-school children

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Twenty persons, including 15 children were injured after a swarm of wasps attacked a group of pre-school children in Chilaw yesterday. 

In addition to the children, two teachers at the pre-school along with three employees of the Chilaw Urban Council who tried to save the children from being stung, were also injured and admitted to the Chilaw Base Hospital. 

According to teachers at the pre-school, there were no wasp nests situated anywhere near the school, which is near the Chilaw Magistrate's Court complex. They suspect a wasp nest situated elsewhere had been disturbed and the swarm had attacked the children while on flying away from the location. 

A spokesman at the Chilaw Base Hospital said none of the injured were in serious condition. 

Story and Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe in Puttalam

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