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(BBC) Around ninety primary schoolchildren in South Africa were sent to hospital after eating muffins thought to be laced with cann@bis.

Officials said the pupils bought the muffins from a street vendor on their way to Pulamadibogo Primary School, north-west of Pretoria.

They experienced nausea, stomach pain and vomiting – and three girls are still in hospital.

Two people have been arrested and face charges of attempted murd£r.

The suspects, aged 21 and 19, will appear before Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court.

The Gauteng provincial education department said teachers had called an ambulance after noticing “strange behaviour” from children in class.