Woman dies from centipede bite, shrugged off warning to avoid it

BANGKOK - A 69-year-old woman has died after being bitten by a centipede in Chanthaburi's Klung district.

Thanet Puapae said on Tuesday at the funeral of his mother, Samnao Puapae, that she had died the day before of complications caused by the centipede bite.

Thanet said his mother was selling kanom chin (Thai-style curried noodles) in a local temple on Sunday morning when the temple's compound was flooded and a customer noticed a centipede near her feet.

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