THRISSUR: Three children, including a five-year-old, were bitten by stray dogs in Thrissur on Friday, the latest in a number of such incidents witnessed in the state in recent days. Ayus suffered serious dog bites at Poyyil while Athul Krishna, 12, and Jesin, 8, of the same locality were left with bleeding injuries in different incidents of dog attacks last night, police said on Friday. The three children are undergoing treatment at the government medical college hospital here, police said. Ayus was the worst affected with injuries on the face, lips and eyes.
Doctors were planning to give counselling also to Ayus, who is in a state of shock after the sudden attack by the dogs, they said. The state has been witnessing a spurt in attacks by street dogs in recent days, prompting the government to announce various measures, including culling of violent dogs, to check the menace. A four-year-old boy was badly mauled on his lower jaw by a pack of street dogs in Kollam district two days ago. His mother was also injured when dogs attacked her as she tried to chase them away. The incident came days after a 65-year-old woman was mauled to death by a pack of dogs at the coastal hamlet Pullivilla in Thiruvananthapuram.
