70-year-old stung to death by bees

By apearlnews.com 

On Saturday, a 70-year-old woman was stung to death by bees in the Rukungiri district.

The deceased, identified as Maria Ndaziramye, aged 70, is a mufumbira peasant and a resident of Bwambara trading center, Bwambara parish, Bwambara sub-county, Rukungiri district.

Kigeizi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate says that it’s alleged that on April 29, 2023, at about 1200 hrs., while at her home, she went to tether his one goat in the pasture near his home in a place with very many beehives.


A swarm of bees allegedly attacked her and her goat and stung them to death.

Maate adds that the police visited the scene, and after the examination,the body had bees on the head and chest, with some bees still on the body.

Maate adds that the body was handed over to the family members for burial.