17-month-old boy dies of suspected snakebite

Bernama
Julai 24, 2021 05:18 MYT
Police said Muhammad Danial Iqwan was rushed to the Rembau Hospital for treatment but the hospital informed that the victim had died at 1 am today. - AWANI
SEREMBAN: A 17-month-old boy died after he was believed to have been bitten by a snake in the master bedroom of a house in Kampung Seberang Batu Hampar, Rembau, yesterday.
Rembau district police chief DSP Hazri Mohamad said the victim, Muhammad Danial Iqwan Muhammad, was playing with his three-year-old brother in the room and was accompanied by their mother when the incident happened at about 9 pm.
"The victim's mother heard her son screaming and saw a snake escaped into a hole in the room. The mother immediately examines her son and found bite marks on the victim's left palm," he said in a statement today.
Hazri said Muhammad Danial Iqwan was rushed to the Rembau Hospital for treatment but the hospital informed that the victim had died at 1 am today.
The case is classified as sudden death, he said.
-- BERNAMA
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