Mahaicony man, 70, dies after attacked by bees

Dead: Imran Alli called ‘Buddy’
Dead: Imran Alli called ‘Buddy’

A 70-year-old man of  Lot 24 Novar, Mahaicony died on Tuesday after he was attacked by a swarm of bees while clearing some bushes on a plot of land opposite his home.

Dead is Imran Alli, also known as ‘Buddy’.

Reports are that Imran and his worker, Dale Husher, a 43-year-old labourer, were clearing the bushes at about 11.00 hours on Tuesday when the men came into contact with a bee nest.