The official stated that the infants arrived at the medical center on Thursday night in very poor condition.

A five-month-old girl died first, followed by three of her brothers on Friday morning, and the fifth hours later, Al-Ratib lamented.

A statement from the hospital highlighted that the doctors did everything possible to save the children, “but the scope of the poisoning was very great and the cases arrived at the hospital in a complete coma.”

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