26 die eating poisoned sweets in Pakistan
26 die eating poisoned sweets in PakistanAAPApril 26, 2016 6:51PMSavePrint A confectioner in Pakistan is thought to have mixed pesticide by mistake into a batch of sweets, leaving 26 people dead and dozens more critically ill.The order for laddo, balls of fried sweet dough popular across South Asia, was placed by a resident to celebrate the birth of his grandson in a village in the eastern province of Punjab, police told dpa.Pesticides were being kept in the sweet-maker's kitchen while the reta..>> view originalChernobyl: Take a tour through Ukraine's nuclear wasteland
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