Fifteen tourists who visited the Songdo Marine Cable Car in Busan were stung by wasps, and 12 of them were taken to hospitals. Most of the victims were foreign tourists.

According to the Busan Fire and Disaster Headquarters on the 18th, around 12 p.m. a report was filed to 119 that tourists had been stung by wasps at the Songdo Marine Cable Car near Amnam Park in Seo District, Busan.

At about 11:59 a.m. on the 18th, at the entrance of the Songdo Marine Cable Car station building in Amnam-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, multiple citizens and tourists are stung by bees, and fire authorities remove one beehive. /Courtesy of News1

In the incident, 15 people were stung, including two infants and toddlers, three children, and 10 adults. Of them, 12 were transported to hospitals for treatment.

Of the victims, 11 were foreign nationals: five from Taiwan, five from China, and one from Thailand. Most were tourists who had come to use the Songdo Marine Cable Car.

Responding to the call, fire authorities controlled the site and asked the management office to broadcast an announcement warning of the danger zone. They later found a wasp nest about 40 centimeters in diameter in a tree at nearby Amnam Park and burned and removed it.

An official with the fire authorities said, "It appears many victims resulted as the wasps, agitated for unknown reasons, flew around the area."

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