Experienced hiker killed by swarm of hornets


KANGAR: A senior citizen died after he was believed to have been stung by a swarm of hornets.

Kang Ah Lek, 66, was on a hiking trail at Bukit Ayer here with his friends on Friday evening when they were attacked by a swarm, said Kang’s friend Quah Teow Poh, 60.

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