COLOMBO (News 1st) – Fifty persons were stung by wasps during a shramadana campaign at a school in Minuwangoda. The victims had been admitted to the Minuwangoda District hospital.

News 1st correspondent noted that the victims were the parents of the students who participated in the shramadana campaign.

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