‘Poisoned’ Ice Cream: Five children faint

FAISALABAD: Five children fainted on Saturday after consuming ice cream near Tandlianwala. The children, Madeeha, Imran, Zain, Hamid, Insif and Shehroze, started vomiting after consuming the ice cream purchased from a street vender and later fainted. They were taken to Allied Hospital in Faisalabad. The vendor fled the scene. A doctor at the hospital said that they suspected the ice cream to have been poisoned. He said that samples from the children’s stomachs had been sent for testing.

Published In The Express Tribune, June 17^th, 2012.