Fire fighters smoking a hornet nest before taking it away in Solo, in an effort to reduce numbers of the population following a string of fatal hornet attacks, on Nov 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Yuda Putranto)

SOLO, Indonesia: Three people have been killed by swarms of angry hornets in Indonesia over the past two weeks, a health agency official said on Friday (Nov 22), after hundreds of reported attacks in recent years.