2 Children Die in Chinese Kindergarten Poisoning
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Two children have died after more than 30 were poisoned at a kindergarten in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan.
The source of the poison was suspected to have been snacks brought to the school by a pupil and shared with classmates, the state news agency Xinhua reported, quoting a Qiubei County government official. Investigators have yet to say whether they suspect the poisoning was intentional or an accident.
The children ingested tetramine, a banned rat poison that has turned up in several deadly incidents in China. The government has tried for years to stop stores from selling the poison, known in Chinese as dushuqiang, but it remains widely available.
The children at the kindergarten in Pinglong village began showing signs of illness on Wednesday afternoon. Two girls, ages 4 and 5, died, and another seven children remain in serious condition, Xinhua reported.
The private kindergarten had been open just over a year and had not been officially certified, according to Southern Metropolis Daily, a newspaper.
Last year two students at a kindergarten in Hebei Province died after eating poisoned yogurt. The police said the yogurt had been laced with tetramine by the owners of another kindergarten who wanted to discredit the rival school.
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