According to The Guardian, at least "28 have died and hundreds are injured in a wave of attacks by giant hornets in central China." The hornets, also known as Vespa mandarinia, have reportedly "chased [victims] for hundreds of meters... and stung [them] as many as 200 times."

The venom from the stings can cause anaphylactic shock and kidney failure, the Guardian reported  Imagine getting stung 200 times by one of these: