Pregnant mother and two kids die after eating poisonous "Kebaddu" fish
Antara News, Monday, March 15, 2010 01:25 WIB
Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA News) - A pregnant mother and her two children died in Ledengara village, East Nusa Tenggara province, after consuming poisonous fish on Sunday.
According to a local residents Lazarus Gie, Luha Weo, 34, and her kids, Tuka Aju, 9, and Wue Aju, 5, vomitted and lost consciousness before dying.
The poisonous fish that the residents of Ledengara village, Hawu Mehara sub-district, Sabu Raijua regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, call "Kebaddu" was also eaten by 14 other people.
But they could be saved after being rushed to a local public health center. "They remain under paramedical care," Gie said.
Luha Weo, her two children and 14 other residents of Menanga Kare coastal hamlet, Ledengara village, got the fish from two local fishermen, he said.
Luha Weo suddenly got a headache and lost consciousness two hours after eating the "Kebaddu" fish. As a result, she could not help her two children, he said.
Local residents took the ill-fated pregnant mother and her kids to the village public health center but they died there, Lazarus Gie said.
Sabu Raijua policemen have started investigating this case, and brought some of the cooked "Kebaddu" fish to the laboratory for testing, he said.
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