Poisoned Spanish cucumbers kill 9, sicken nearly 3 hundred

Nine people have so far been killed and almost 3 hundred others sickened following consuming imported cucumbers from Spain. Government officials say in Germany a bacterial outbreak is behind the deaths.

Shoppers at a local marketplace expressed their worries on Sunday as government officials say that two more people have died of a bacterial outbreak allegedly caused by contaminated Spanish cucumbers.

A customer said, " I will not eat raw vegetables any more, but I still consume create which has been steamed or boiled. Also, I take a second appear now when shopping for vegetables."

Germany news agency DAPD reported that the dead and the sick contracted hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS.

HUS is a uncommon complication arising from an infection most generally associated with E. coli, a bacterium discovered in undercooked beef or contaminated food.

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