Cotton Tree man dies after attacked by bees

Hazim Bacchus

An elderly man was on Thursday killed after he was attacked by a swarm of bees at the Cotton Tree Burial Site and his family is blaming the Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC), to which they say several complaints of the bees were made over the past three weeks.

Dead is Hazim Bacchus, 62, of Lot 3 B Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice.

The father of three was said to be digging a grave when he was attacked by the bees around 13:30 hrs. He was stung mainly to the face.

His son-in-law, Rakesh Ragbeer,