PATNA, India - Thousands of school children were refusing free meals in poverty-stricken eastern India, fearful of being poisoned, after 22 children died from eating lunch apparently contaminated with insecticide, officials said Thursday.
The children, aged four to 12, died after eating lentils, vegetables and rice cooked at a village school in the state of Bihar on Tuesday, sparking violent protests and an investigation into the cause.
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