South Africa: Children Who Died After Eating Biscuits Buried

The community of Soweto has converged at the Naledi Community Hall in large numbers to bid their final goodbyes to two children who died after eating biscuits amid tears.

Six-year-old Leon Jele and four-year-old Neo Khang died after allegedly consuming biscuits they had bought from a local spaza shop last week.

According to reports four children purchased biscuits at a local shop and started vomiting afterward.

The mothers of both children have been inconsolable as they bid farewell to their little ones.

The community hall was packed with mourners, many of whom were calling for justice and accountability

One of the other children who allegedly consumed the biscuits has been discharged from hospital whilst the other remains in Intensive Care Unit of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.

The deaths of the children have re-ignited calls for ongoing inspection of food stuffs sold at spaza shops after previous raids by government officials reveal that some spaza shops and large supermarkets were selling expired food stuff.

SABC