A 60-year old man was killed and four other persons were injured when a swarm of honeybees attacked them at Kabilipur village under the Patkura police station in Kendrapada district on Sunday.
The deceased was Sarbeswar Nayak of the village. Prasanna Nayak, son of Sarbeswar, Sudhir Mallick, Pradipta Parida and Kabinda Behera were injured. All of them were rushed to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Harianka.
While Sarbeswar was returning from his green gram field to his house, a swarm of honeybees moved out from the beehives of a banayan tree and stung him. Others were also attacked by honeybees while they were sitting near Sarbeswar's citadel. Prasanna Nayak was attacked when he tried to cover his father.