Vietnam: 30 Children Poisoned with Pink Colored Rodenticide

Images provided by the family. (Photo: BVCC)

Several students of Phu Lam Primary School in northern Vietnam picked up some bottles of pink water solution in a ball bag next to the school gate, then shared and drank it together, poisoning themselves.



The patients were hospitalized, suffering with symptoms of fatigue, nausea, vomiting yellow fluid, dull abdominal pain around the navel, and some seizures. Doctors determined that the children were poisoned with fluoroacetate rodenticide, based on the results of toxicity tests and clinical diagnosis. The children are being closely monitored and treated while police in Tuyen Quang province investigate the case

Last year, twenty Lai Chau children were hospitalized on suspicion of accidentally ingesting rat poison like the one pictured below.



A nefarious actor deliberately left that ball bag with the pink juice near the school for the children. I've pointed out previous cases of food poisoning incidents in Vietnam.

Sources:

https://vnexpress.net/gan-30-hoc-sinh-ngo-doc-thuoc-diet-chuot-4842648.html

https://vnexpress.net/20-tre-lai-chau-nhap-vien-nghi-an-nham-thuoc-diet-chuot-4812481.html