A village consumed by grief in India where 23 children died of food poisoning.

They gather at a home where one child has already died, and another eight are being treated at the hospital.

They became sick after eating a free meal at school.

The headmistress is nowhere to be found.

Doctors suspect there was insecticide in the food.

Death came so quickly for some that they died in their parents' arms while being taken to hospital.

Authorities said they would set up an investigation into the food program in response to one of the deadliest outbreaks of mass poisoning in years.