Six CHINESE reportedly die after eating poison soup - (New York Times)
November 12, 2007 – 7:23 pmBEIJING — Local media was cited as reporting on Monday that six Chinese people, including two children, died from food poisoning after eating dumpling soup and two more remained seriously ill.
Four males and four females collapsed on Sunday with severe cramps and vomiting after eating the soup for lunch in the central province of Hubei, the Changjiang Times reported. Two died on the spot.
The dead included a 13-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, the report said. It said the poisoning occurred at a scrap collection business but did not given any details of the cause, which officials were investigating.
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