Toxic Sweets: Eight students lose consciousness

A group of girls bought sweets from a shop near their school and started vomiting and eventually fainted

JAMRUD: At least eight students of Aims Public School lost consciousness after consuming poisonous sweets in Sor Kamar area of Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Agency on Saturday. Insiders familiar with the matter told The Express Tribune a group of girls had bought sweets from a shop near their school. However, after eating the sweets, all eight of them started vomiting and eventually fainted. The school administration rushed them to Jamrud Civil Hospital where they are in stable condition. Talking to The Express Tribune, Political Tehsildar Naik Muhammad Bangash said the khasadar force reached the site and arrested the shop owner, Ameer Sher Khan, and two other shopkeepers, Jamroz and Sabir. The shop has been sealed.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 11^th, 2015.