PUFFERFISH SOUP KILLS SIX

SIX fishingboat crewmen – four Thais and two Myanmar nationals – died after eating deadly pufferfish which they had cooked into a spicy tom yam soup. The skipper of the vessel cooked up the blowfish for dinner a week ago and offered it to the 13 other crew aboard the boat as it cruised in Indonesian waters. Seven crew members refused to taste the pufferfish, but the seven who accepted a dish of the soup soon began vomiting and having trouble breathing. Six died within the hour.