In a shocking incident, a six-year-old boy was attacked by a stray dog in Moguluru village of Kanchikacherla mandal in Krishna district on Tuesday afternoon.
Around 12:30 p.m., M Bhanu Prasad went to purchase beedis for a neighbour and was attacked by the stray dog while returning home. Hearing his cries for help, some passersby chased away the dog.
“When we heard about the incident and rushed there, our neighbor, who had sent him to fetch beedis, was with my injured grandson. He was profusely bleeding from his ear and some wound on the head. I was worried on seeing him in such a condition,’ B Lakshmi, boy’s grandmother, told . They then took him to the PHC at Kanchikacherla where the doctors cleaned the wounds and administered Anti-Rabies Vaccine to Prasad. Later, they referred him to the government general hospital in Vijayawada for further treatment.
The doctors there said that Prasad’s ear was bitten and there were lacerations at the base of his skull and some injuries on the back and added that his condition was stable.
