Nineteen die in Madagascar after eating turtle

Turtles in water. PHOTO | AFP

Turtles in water. PHOTO | AFP

Nineteen people, nine of them children, have died from food poisoning in Madagascar after eating a turtle, sources said Thursday. 

Thirty-four people were hospitalised on Monday in Vatomandry, in the east of the island, after eating the protected species, the Health and Food Safety Control Agency said.