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This is what it looks like when a honeybee stings a human. pic.twitter.com/wXNDGSNZQZ
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The family of 6 was attacked when one of them pulled down a nipah leaf, bringing down a hornet’s nest! Three are dead and the other 3 are in hospital,
Star
Tuesday September 9, 2014 MYT 7:56:27 AM
Three dead in hornet attack
A SWARM of deadly hornets killed three family members who were trying to find nipah palm leaves at Kampung Tanjung Bundong in Kota Samarahan, reported Berita Harian.
Sharifah Norhasyiawati Wan Aribi, 24, her daughter Nor Sharian Sharizan, six, and her sister-in-law, Sharifah Esah Ebon, 42, died after receiving treatment at the ICU unit at the Sarawak General Hospital.
Sharian and Esah, who were stung more than 40 times and 35 times respectively, died on Saturday.
Sharifah, who was stung about 50 times, died at 5am on Sunday.
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Pest controller dies after getting stung by bees over 100 times at Sherwood Road
PHOTO: INTERNET, THE NEW PAPER
A pest controller was unable to run away from the bees he was supposed to get rid of, and was stung more than 50 times on his head initially.
Mohammad Sallehen Mohd Ali eventually suffered an accidental death from the venom of the more than 100 stings he sustained, reports My Paper.
State Coroner Marvin Bay found that the stings were found mostly on his face and upper limbs.
The court heard that the 30-year-old director of 101 Environmental Services, a pest control company, was sent to investigate a beehive in Sherwood Road with two of his colleagues on Nov 6 last year.
They had only one protective suit among the three of them, but when his colleagues were opening the back of the van to equip themselves, they were attacked by a swarm of bees. They ran away.
Mr Sallehen, who was in the van with the windows wound down, also got out and ran towards Tanglin Road.
Mr Sallehen sought help from security officers at the gate of a house in Tanglin Road. He was still being attacked by a swarm of bees, and was seen gasping for air.
Security officers burned newspapers to ward off the bees. His face was swollen, his lips were purplish and he had white specks all over his skin and face.
After being helped to a sheltered area, Mr Sallehen collapsed and became unresponsive.
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Spanish golfer Pablo Larrazabal had reportedly jumped into a lake to escape an attack of hornets after an eventful second round in the European Tour`s Malaysian Open on Friday.
Larrazabal, who was stung around 20 times, however, returned to the course after a couple of injections and a change of shirt and birdied the par-five hole – his 14th.
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THE ASIAN GIANT HORNET
The Asian giant hornet, known scientifically as Vespa mandarinia, carries a venom that destroys red blood cells, which can result in kidney failure and death, said Justin O. Schmidt, an entomologist at the Southwest Biological Institute in Tucson, Arizona.
But perhaps a bigger problem than the toxicity of the venom is allergy, Schmidt says. Some people are naturally more allergic to stinging insects than others; a sting can trigger a deadly anaphylactic reaction, which may involve airway closure or cardiac arrest.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/03/world/asia/hornet-attack-china/index.html?sr=fb100413hornets1230p
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Published on Oct 3, 2013
Hong Kong (CNN) — Swarms of aggressive hornets, in their fall mating season, are inflicting a deadly toll in a central Chinese province.
Hornets have killed 42 people and injured 1,675 people in three cities in Shaanxi province since July, according to the local government. Thirty-seven patients remain in critical or serious condition.
Over the summer and early fall, hornets have invaded schools full of children and descended upon unsuspecting farm workers in China.
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