Telangana: One killed, two injured in honeybee attack in Mancherial

Mancherial: A man died on the spot while two others were injured in an attack by a colony of honeybees when they were participating in a funeral at Babberacheluka village in Kotapalli mandal on Sunday. Kotapalli police said the victim, Bollampalli Bapu (62), was a resident of Patha Devulawada village in Kotapalli mandal. The three […]

Mancherial: A man died on the spot while two others were injured in an attack by a colony of honeybees when they were participating in a funeral at Babberacheluka village in Kotapalli mandal on Sunday.

Kotapalli police said the victim, Bollampalli Bapu (62), was a resident of Patha Devulawada village in Kotapalli mandal. The three were part of a funeral procession that was on its way to cremate the body of Kondapartha Chandrakantha, when the bees struck. The injured persons were shifted to a hospital in Chennur. Their condition was stated to be stable.

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The funeral, meanwhile, was put on hold with the others fearing that the bees might attack again. The final rites were not performed till 5 pm.