Six students injured in wasp attack
govt girls' higher secondary school
in Musiri suffered mild injuries in a wasp attack on Friday.
Authorities said a group of students who wrote their Class XII exams came to attend the
Neet coaching classes
at the school around 10am when they were attacked by a swarm of wasps. The panicked girls rushed out of the school. At least six of them were injured. Staff members rushed them to Musiri GH.
Fire and rescue services personnel led by Musiri station officer M Karnan cleared the nest. "We found the nest in a wooden cupboard inside an unused storeroom. We cleared it using insecticides," said a fire officer.
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