Three women have died after eating Christmas cake in a suspected case of poisoning in Brazil. Five members of the same family - four women and a child - fell ill and sought hospital treatment after eating the cake on Christmas Eve in the city of Torres, Rio Grande do Sul state, CNN reported, quoted by NOVA.
Three of the women have died, while the fourth woman who made the cake and her 10-year-old great-nephew are still being treated. The hospital treating them said their condition is improving.
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Authorities found arsenic in the blood of three of the family members, but it was not clear if these were the three who died. Investigators are working on the hypothesis that the food was poisoned and have seized the cake for forensic examination.
They have checked the property where the cake was made and the property where it was consumed. It is reported that numerous expired products were found in the home where it was made.