5-year-old boy dies after suffering around 60 hornet stings

KUALA NERUS – A 5-year-old boy was stung to death by hornets in Kg Tok Jembal here yesterday.

Eidrish Mohd Khalid was pronounced dead at Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) at 11.20pm  yesterday after he was stung about 60 times.

The victim’s father, Mohd Khalid Omar, 40, said the incident happened at about 5.40pm when his youngest child was playing in the nearby playground with his sisters, Nur Adelya Qaisara, 10, and Nur Aiyris Dania, 7.

“As soon as I heard Adelya’s screaming, I immediately ran outside and saw Eidrish lying on the ground with hornets covering his body.

“When I carried him into the house, he (Eidrish) was still alive, but very weak. He was not screaming or crying,” he said when met at his family’s home in Kg Tok Jembal today. 

Khalid said he and his two children were also stung.

“Adelya, who was stung twice, is still being treated at the HSNZ intensive care unit while Aiyris received outpatient treatment.

“I was supposed to be warded after being stung 20 times, but I had to go home to arrange for Eidrish’s funeral at about 10am today,” he said. – Bernama, June 27, 2022