TUGUEGARAO CITY — Two children died on Friday (Feb. 12), while their father is in critical condition after allegedly consuming “kuret,” a type of coral reef crab, in the Cagayan town of Santa Ana, local authorities said on Saturday (Feb. 13).
Doctors were unable to save five-year-old Reign Clark Cuabo and his two-year-old sibling Macniel Craigs.
Tangatan village chief Isabelo Cario said the children’s father, Eugenio Cuabo Sr., gathered the crabs which the six-member family had for a meal.
Shortly after eating, the children complained suffering a wave of numbness and were taken to the hospital but they did not survive treatment. Eugenio remains under critical care.
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