Raging Hornets Kill Cambodia Mother, 2 Children
Pastor Dale Morgan
Raging Hornets Kill Cambodia Mother, 2 Children*
The Associated Press
Tuesday, November 27, 2007; 2:37 PM
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- A woman and her two young children died after
they were stung by a swarm of hornets whose nest they had disturbed
while cutting firewood, a police chief said Tuesday.
The woman, her 1-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son died Monday
shortly after they were attacked by hornets in a forest near their
village in Siem Reap province, said a local police chief, Eng Kea.
Loy Sophea, 24, had taken her children into the forest while she cut
firewood for cooking, he said. She accidentally disturbed the hornets'
nest, triggering the attack, the police officer said.
The woman used her body to cover her children, but all three were
repeatedly stung by the hornets, he said.
Villagers took them to a hospital, but the boy died en route, the
officer said, adding that the mother and daughter died after reaching
the hospital.
Siem Reap province is about 145 miles northwest of the capital, Phnom Penh.