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Indian girl dies after drinking poisoned breast milk

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Published: 06:35, 26 May 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Indian girl dies after drinking poisoned breast milk

International Desk: A toddler has died after being breastfed with poisoned milk, after her mother was bitten by a snake in her sleep.

Police said that the Indian mother, 35, who also died, did not realise she had been attacked while sleeping, and had unknowingly breasted the three-year-old girl upon waking.

The toddler and her mother both fell ill in the Uttar Pradesh state on Thursday, but died before they could reach hospital, police inspector Vijay Singh said.

The family spotted the snake in another room but the creature escaped.

A post-mortem is to be carried out, but police have registered a case of accidental death, the officer added.

India is home to some 300 snake species, 60 of which are highly venomous, including the Indian cobra, krait, Russell's viper and saw-scaled viper.

India accounts for 46,000 of the 100,000 snakebite deaths around the world each year, according to a 2011 study by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Source: The Mail


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