Leicestershire police say eight children taken to hospital as a precaution but have since been discharged
A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison after eight children at a summer camp were taken to hospital.
Police and ambulance crews were deployed to the rural camp in Stathern, Leicestershire, after a report that a number of children had said they were unwell.
The initial call was made on Sunday by a “third party”, Leicestershire police said, but emergency services were deployed the next day.
A triage centre was set up at the nearby Plungar village hall to assess the children who were at the camp. Eight children were then taken to hospital as a precaution, with all of them subsequently discharged.
