Hornet attacks kill dozens in China
Hundreds of people stung in Shaanxi province by swarms of
giant insects believed to have multiplied over warm summer. Twenty-eight
people have died and hundreds have been injured in a wave of attacks by giant
hornets in central China. Most of the
attacks in the past three months were in remote, rural, wooded areas in
southern Shaanxi province. In the city of Ankang alone, 18 people have died
from the stings. People in the cities of Hanzhong and Shangluo have also been
injured.
Experts have suggested in the past that warmer temperatures
in the area have led to hornets breeding more successfully, that labourers have
been moving deeper into areas where they may disturb nests, and that the
insects are sensitive to chemicals found in food and cosmetics.
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