School snack leaves 27 children dead, 100 in hospital in Philippines

AT least 27 elementary school children died and another 100 were rushed to hospital after eating a snack during morning break in the southern Philippines yesterday.

Francisca Doliente said her nine-year-old niece Arve Tamor was given some of the deep-fried caramelised cassava by a classmate who bought it from a regular vendor outside the San Jose school.

“Her friend is gone. She died,” Doliente said