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Spanish 3-Year-Old Chokes to Death During New Year Midnight Tradition

Spanish 3-Year-Old Chokes to Death During New Year Midnight Tradition
Students eat grape gummies while celebrating the traditional year-end party held in the main square of Salamanca, Spain on Dec. 15, 2016. Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A 3-year-old boy has died during a Spanish traditional New Year celebration, after choking on a grape at the stroke of midnight.

Thiago Guamán’s family was seeing in the New Year according to a 100-year-old tradition—eating one grape per toll of the midnight bell.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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