Hundreds fall sick in Bangladesh garment factory

(Before It's News)

Hundreds of employees of a Bangladesh garment factory near the capital fell sick on Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water in their workplace, police and factory officials said.

“Primarily we suspect the water supply of the Starlight Sweaters factory was poisoned or contaminated,” local industrial police officer Mahfuzur Rahman told AFP from Gazipur, a suburb of Dhaka.

Based Ali, the administrative officer of the factory, told AFP the number of affected workers could be as high as 600.

“The workers have been sent to different hospitals after they reported stomach pain and started vomiting. We estimate the number could be up to 600,” he said.

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