Boy 13, bitten by snake during school break

A 13-year-old pupil was hospitalised after he was bitten by a snake on Friday during break time at a Paphos high-school.

The boy was rushed to hospital where he was treated according to protocol although it had been determined that the snake was not poisonous.

The pupil was kept in hospital as a precaution.

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