Shangla
At least 24 children were bitten by stray dogs in tehsil Alpuri of Shangla on Saturday. The girls and boys were walking to school in the morning when stray dogs attacked them.
The children bitten by dogs have been shifted to the DHQ hospital in Shangla, rescue sources said.
“The conditions of children were out of danger and they have been injected anti-rabies vaccine,” hospital management said.
Local people have demanded the authorities to take action against the increasing menace of stray dogs, which were freely roaming in the area. Earlier, at least 12 people including children and an elderly citizen were reportedly bitten by stray dogs in Peshawar.—INP
