Eight children and an adult died after eating sea turtle meat on Pemba Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, while 78 other people were hospitalized, authorities said.
Eight children and one adult in Zanzibar are dead, while another 78 have been hospitalized, after eating sea turtle meat contaminated by chelonitoxism, a food poisoning found in marine animals.
Tragedy struck on Pemba Island as eight children and an adult died after consuming sea turtle meat, a local delicacy with known food poisoning risks. Authorities urge caution.