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Cayman Islands man dies after bee attack

September 12, 2008, 09:06 AM Post Comments
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Police say a 74-year-old man died after a swarm of bees attacked him in the Cayman Islands.

Police spokeswoman Deborah Denis said Thursday that George Sherryl Whittaker was attacked by scores of honeybees in his yard in the wealthy British dependency's capital, George Town.

Firefighters used water hoses to chase away the agitated swarm. Denis said Whittaker was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after Wednesday's attack.

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