COLOMBO, July 17 -- At least 17 people including 12 foreign tourists were injured when they were attacked by wasps at a popular tourist site in Central Sri Lanka on Sunday, a local media report said here.
The visitors were attacked at the Sigiriya rock which is a popular tourist spot in the island nation. The injured had been rushed to the nearby Sigiriya and Dambulla Hospitals for treatment by authorities, the police said.
Wasp attacks are relatively frequent in different parts of Sri Lanka, where 57 people were hospitalized earlier this month after being attacked by wasps.
Last year a woman died while plucking tea in the Central highlands after she was attacked by wasps, media reports said.
