Indian officials say 11 people are dead and 93 are in the hospital after eating tomato rice that was apparently contaminated at a temple in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
India's Map. VOA
Twenty-nine of the 93 people are on ventilators, said K.H. Prasad, the health officer for Chamraj Nagar district where the temple is located.
Samples of the food are being tested, health officer said.
Devotees had gathered at the temple for a consecration ceremony. (VOA)
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