The children, and their parents numbering 52, were victims of the attack that came as they were participating in a Bodhi Pooja at a temple to invoke blessings for their participation in the exam.
They received treatment at Padaviya Hospital.
Eighty four students of Mahasen Maha Vidyalaya in Padaviya sat for the grade five scholarship examination today (05) although they came under a wasp attack just the previous day.
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