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Panic as 18 children in a Mumias hospital after eating poisonous fruits

A section of 18 Children's from one family recuperates at Mumias St. Mary's Hospital on February, 2 2015. They were admitted after eating wild fruits alleged to be poisonous on Sunday at Mwikunda "B' village at Mumias Sub County. By Benjamin Sakwa

Eighteen children from one village have been admitted to St Mary’s Hospital Mumias after eating wild fruits suspected to be poisonous.

The incident, which took place yesterday morning, caused panic among residents who said the tree had grown on a grave.

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