Brothers die in Killer wasp attack
Pastor Dale Morgan
Brothers die in Killer wasp attack*
POSTED: 1055 GMT (1855 HKT), October 17, 2006
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Two young Indonesian brothers attacked by
killer wasps died in a Malaysian state after adults who saw them being
chased by the swarm locked them out of a room to prevent getting stung
themselves, news reports said Monday.
Aziz Rahman, 3, and his 4-year-old brother Fazrul were playing with
their friend Nuri Mestinal at a palm oil plantation near Sibu in central
Sarawak on Borneo island when they hit a wasps' nest Sunday afternoon,
the New Straits Times reported.
The boys ran toward the plantation canteen screaming for help with the
wasps close behind, the paper said.
Plantation workers sitting in the cafeteria locked the door after seeing
the swarm approaching, and only emerged after the wasps had left, the
national news agency Bernama said.
The plantation workers found the brothers unconscious when they opened
the door, the New Straits Times said.
Nuri survived the wasp attack but was hospitalized, Bernama said.
Local hospital and police officials could not be immediately contacted
for comment.