Three women died and three other relatives fell ill after eating the cake during a family get-together on December 23, officials said.

An arrest has been made in the case of a family in Brazil who were poisoned on Christmas Eve after eating a cake containing arsenic.

A woman in Brazil fed her family an arsenic-laced Christmas cake, killing three female relatives and hospitalizing three others, cops say.

Three women died and three other relatives fell ill after eating the cake during a family get-together on December 23 in Torres, a small seaside town in southern Brazil.

New details have emerged on how three members of the same family died after eating a poisoned Christmas cake - detectives say one ingredient was found to have been laced with arsenic

The woman who baked the cake, along with a 10-year-old child who also ate the cake, remain in the hospital and are receiving treatment for poisoning.

A woman has been arrested in connection with a Christmas cake that allegedly killed three people and hospitalized three others in Brazil, multiple media outlets reported.

A woman has been arrested in Brazil after three people from the same family died after eating Christmas cake on December 23. Deise Moura stands accused of using arsenic to kill the three women and leave three others sick,

Brazilian Police have arrested a woman in connection with the Christmas cake poisoning that led to the death of three people.

In Porto Alegre, Brazil, a woman suspected of murdering three relatives and attempting to kill three more was arrested. Deise Moura added arsenic to a Christmas cake. The woman was detained at her home in Rio Grande do Sul.