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A 54-year-old father, John Bentil, and his 12-year-old son, a six-year-old elementary school student at Nsuta Municipal Assembly Basic School, survived the insect bee attacks.
Mr. John Bentil who tried to save his 12 year old son while he was going to pick him up from school had to abandon Joshua at one point.
The Ghana Manganese Company Limited (GMCL) emergency response team rescued Joshua and took him to hospital for treatment.
The boy is currently receiving medical treatment.
Mr. Bentil and his son are currently admitted to the aforementioned health facility.
Madame Esi Bentum, a small shopkeeper who also had severe bee stings, had to flee into a nearby bush, leaving behind her pastries and cocoa drinks.
Mr Augustine Dakorah, a teacher at the Nsuta Dadwen school complex, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that on Friday around 3:30 p.m. he was in class when a group of students were disturbing in the hallways.
Mr Dakorah said that when he went out to hunt them, he was told that a boy was attacked by a swarm of bees between the Nsuta Municipal Assembly Base School and the Nsuta School Complex. Dadwen.
He said “as a parent I went to the scene to save the victim, but when I got closer the bees started following me so I stood near a fire to prevent them from attacking me” .
“When I got back to school and remembered how helpless the victim looked, I decided to call the GMCL Emergency Response Team for help. Mr. Dakorah added.
He also said it was not clear how the bee swarm had built its hive in an abandoned truck tire around some bamboo plants.
A member of the GMCL emergency response team, Mr Peter Woney, said that although they had had an eventful time, the group managed to save the victim.
When GNA followed the GMCL hospital with Mr. Thomas Awotwe, member of the assembly of the electoral region of Nsuta, the father and son were in stable condition.
Mr Awotwe thanked the team for moving quickly to protect the victim and promised to warn the students who were using the road.
— RNG
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