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Puffer fish meal kills a shopkeeper in Satkhira, four of his family in hospital
Five members of one household at Bardal village in Ashashuni fell ill after eating a cooked puffer fish bought at a local market.
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Puffer fish meal kills Satkhira shopkeeper, three of his family in hospital
Azharul Islam, 37, ate the fish despite neighbours' warnings, saying 'nothing will happen'; his mother and two children fell ill too. A hospital official says the fish carries a powerful natural toxin.
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