Deadly dessert: 3 dead, including 2 children, after eating poisonous halwa

A third child is reportedly in critical condition.


Web Desk November 29, 2013
A third child is reportedly in critical condition. PHOTO: FILE

KARACHI: Three people, including two children, died after consuming poisonous halwa in Landhi, Karachi, Express News reported on Friday.

A third child is reportedly in critical condition.

A grandmother and her two grandchildren were poisoned when they ate the dessert. The grandmother died on the spot.

The two children were taken to hospital and received first aid, before they died as well.

The bodies of the deceased were taken home by relatives before the police could conduct investigations.

The cause for the poisoning is not yet known.

COMMENTS (1)

Baba Ji | 10 years ago | Reply

They must be visiting Pakistan from abroad ... no poison can kill general Pakistani public now ... or maybe the Halwa was actually very pure for a change !!!

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