Stray dogs injure two people in Uri
Uri: Two people, including a 30-year old woman suffered injuries after being attacked by stray dogs in the border town Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday.
Reports said that the two persons including the woman suffered injuries after the stray dogs attacked them when they were walking on the link road.
The victims were rushed to the sub district hospital Uri for treatment.
A doctor at Uri hospital said that they have received the two injured persons with dog bites. He identified both the injured as Azra Begum (30) wife of Sajad Ahmed and Altaf Ahmed (28) son of Abdul Rashid both residents of Uri. The doctors further said that the injured were given first aid and are stable now.
Meanwhile, residents of Uri and its adjoining areas appealed Deputy Commissioner Baramulla to intervene into the issue as stray dogs are continuously attacking residents mostly during the morning and evening hours.
The people alleged that the phenomenon has resulted in fear among the people especially school going children.
Pertinently, in March this year five people were injured in various such attacks. (GNS)
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