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Man (72) uit Genk naar het ziekenhuis na aanval door Aziatische hoornaars: "Mag blij zijn dat hij het kan navertellen"

VRT NWS29 October 2026, 07:46 UTC

Een man uit Genk (72) is aangevallen door een zwerm hoornaars tijdens het snoeien van een kastanjeboom. De man zaagde de tak af waaraan het nest hing. Hij werd meermaals gestoken en moest naar het ziekenhuis gebracht worden. Hij is niet in levensgevaar. "De man heeft enorm veel geluk gehad", zegt verdelger Thorsten Moors.

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