COLOMBO (News 1st) – 70 students of a school in Balleketuwa, Ella have been hospitalized following a wasp attack.

The Police noted that the children were attacked when a wasp hive was disturbed when the children were on the playground.

The injured children have been admitted to the Demodara and Badulla hospitals.

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