The two men who were attacked by the aggressive wasps were reported dead on the spot. One of the two men was a 70-year-old lost his life due to severe allergic reaction caused by the wasp stings. All the injured people were taken to the nearby local hospital, Xingye People's Hospital. The hospital authorities declared that two men of ages 60 and 87 died due to anaphylactic shock.
Beware of the #wasps! 3 died and 5 were injured in Guangxi, #China when a group of villagers encountered a swarm of wasps on their way home after a burial. The injured are still undergoing treatment. https://t.co/HIfrAQI0kK pic.twitter.com/q7Nb5OlsjN
— The Paper 澎湃新闻 (@thepapercn) November 17, 2019
The five people who survived the bee stings were then shifted to Yulin First People's Hospital according to the reports of international media. The Xingye country officials who take charge of the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region informed that one of the survivors is still in serious condition.
More wasps attacks
According to the official reports the incident did not take place for the first time. There have been several incidents in the past when the angry wasps killed people. In October 2013, a huge deadly swarm of wasps killed 42 people in China. In another incident, the wasps stung a tourist guide in Thailand as well.
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