A Sting Gone Wrong: Police Attacked by Bees During Brazil Drugs Bust

An attack by stinging bees has left a Brazilian military officer in critical condition in southern Rio De Janeiro after a group of officers on a drugs bust got swarmed in a forest. 

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Six other officers were also injured in the attack, which took place in Minas Gerais Park, Fazenda da Barra 3, a rural neighborhood in Resende.  

The agents "were carrying out a crackdown on criminals in the area when they found a box, and when they opened it they came across a swarm of bees and were attacked," the police communications department said in a statement.  

The agents, who suffered an allergic reaction, were rushed to the emergency wing of a nearby hospital. 

One of the police officers was stung nearly 300 times by the swarm of tiny winged menaces and remains in critical condition at the Intensive Care Center. 

Three other police officers are being kept in hospital for observation, two were discharged and one was transferred to a private hospital in Volta Redonda, a neighboring city.