LONDON: UK police said on Thursday they had arrested a 76-year-old man on suspicion of administering poison after eight children at a summer camp were taken to hospital.

Emergency services were called to the camp in the village of Stathern in central England on Monday after a “report of several children feeling unwell,” Leicestershire police said in a statement.

An investigation is taking place in Stathern following a report of several children feeling unwell.

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