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17 tea estate workers hospitalized after wasp attack
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka /Health & Science

17 tea estate workers hospitalized after wasp attack

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Seventeen tea estate workers, including 16 women and one man, were injured in a wasp attack in Hatton, Sri Lanka.
  • The workers were picking tea leaves at Wanraja Estate when a disturbed wasp nest attacked them.
  • Attempts to rescue the workers by creating smoke also brought attacks on those involved.

Seventeen tea estate workers were taken to Dikoya Base Hospital after wasps attacked them while they were picking tea leaves at Wanraja Estate in Hatton, Sri Lanka.

The injured group included 16 women and one man. The attack occurred in the estate’s seventh tea field, where a wasp nest had been built on a tree and a rock.

One injured worker said the nest became disturbed and the wasps attacked workers nearby. People tried to create smoke to help free those under attack, but the wasps also targeted the rescuers.

Workers said wasp attacks have become more common as bad weather continues in Sri Lanka’s central hill country.

The wasp nest became disturbed and attacked us while we were working nearby.

— An injured tea estate workerThe worker described how the attack began in the tea field.
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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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