1 dead as bees attack SDA church members during service at Wassa Ateiku

A swarm of bees that invaded the SDA church at Wassa Ateiku in the Wassa East District of the Western Region has led to the death of a year-old baby.

This invasion was caused when a group of children playfully attacked the bees with a catapult in their natural habitat, said the leader of the church, Pastor Francis Ofori.

Unfortunately, the bees being under attack made their way to the children’s auditorium of the SDA church which was very close to their habitat, to retaliate against the attack.

Further information indicated that the children alerted the adults and the parents, and together with their children, run helter-skelter upon seeing the bees.

The deceased, a one-year-old baby, who could not run for her life, became a casualty, and the only person at the receiving end of the bees’ retaliation attack.

The baby, who was sent to the Wasa Ateiku clinic for treatment after the attack, was pronounced dead a few minutes after admission.

The sad event occurred on Saturday, February 19.