Twelve children from Peru, aged between 8 and 15 years old, died after contracting rabies from blood sucking bats.
Locals blamed the deaths on witchcraft.
The deaths occured between September and February in two indigenous communities in the Amazon region of Loreto.
The regional health official Hermann Silva told AFP, From the symptoms and medical reports it was determined that the 12 children from the Achuar ethnic group died from an outbreak of wild rabies. The victims were bitten by blood-sucking bats, animals that drink blood, in the Yankuntich and Uncun communities in the jungle” 1 100km north of the capital Lima”.
The latest death occured on Wednesday.
The government has sent medical assistance to the area.
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