NAROWAL: Two children were severely injured when a rabid dog attacked them in Sialkot.

Rescue 1122 shifted Zeeshan Ali, three-year-old son of Ali Raza, and Muhammad Zain, four-year-old son of Muhammad Naeem, to hospital. Residents of Bhatte Kalan village on the outskirts of Sialkot, the two children were playing in the street outside their house when a rabid dog attacked the children.

Families and locals rushed to the spot and scared the dog away with iron rods.

Rescue 1122 Sialkot District Emergency Officer Naveed Iqbal deployed an ambulance at Ora Chowk to deal with any emergency situation after the incident.

He said that on the instructions of the district administration, the municipal corporation staff killed the rabid dog after six hours.

Published in Dawn, March 24th, 2022