Fish jumps into teenager's mouth

13 April 2012

A teenager died of suffocation after a fish he caught jumped out of his hands and lodged in his throat.

Cambodian Lim Vanthan, 17, and his family were planting rice at the weekend near their home on the outskirts of the capital, Pnomh Penh, when they decided to go for a swim.

During his dip, Lim caught a prized 20cm fish, called a kantrob in Cambodian, with his hands.

But his catch squirmed out of his grasp and jumped into his mouth, where it became stuck because of the barbs running down its back.

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