The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Boy injured in dog attack

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Boy injured in dog attack

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The boy, with injuries in the head, legs, back, is in hospital

ANOTHER VICTIM: Yashwanth who was attacked by stray dogs in Bangalore on Tuesday. — Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.

BANGALORE: A seven-year-old boy was severely injured when four dogs attacked him near his school in Ulsoor at around 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Yashwanth M., a second standard student of 515 Army Base Workshop High School, is injured in the head, legs, and back.

He was admitted to Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS).

Yashwanth was walking with his friend Bhaskar to his classes when they saw the dogs running towards them.

"I called out to Yashwanth that the dogs were chasing us and I ran towards a park nearby," Bhaskar told The Hindu.

"Suddenly I saw these dogs near me and they pushed me. I fell down and the last I know was that the dogs were snarling at me," said Yashwanth, who fell unconscious due to the shock.

The dogs then mauled him and tore out tufts of hair from his head. They also bit him on various parts of his body.

An alert Bhaskar and his friend Sujith then threw stones at the dog and beat them with a stick to chase them away.

Yashwanth's father, B. Manjunath, said that the family was thankful that their child was saved in the nick of time.

"The dogs first attacked his head. If they had gone for his neck, then my child would not have survived," he said.

The boy's grandmother, Shantamma, questioned why the dogs were being let out after being caught.

"If these dogs are attacking our children, then they should not be on the streets," she said.

Both Yashwanth and Bhaskar said that the area where their school was located in Ulsoor had many dogs and that several people had been bitten by them over the past few years.

"A sentry is always posted there and he chases the dogs away. But today, there was no one to guard the gate," said Mr. Manjunath.

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