Srinagar: An eight-year-old boy was badly mauled when a stray dog attacked him in the Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that a stray dog attacked a minor boy and injured him near his home on Tuesday.
The victim has been identified as Harris Khursheed Mir, son of Khursheed Ahmad, a resident of Awantipora.
Harris was shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment from where he was referred to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar for advanced treatment, he said.
Meanwhile, a doctor from SMHS Hospital said that Harris has been badly mauled by dogs leaving his different organs damaged.
He was so badly and deeply bitten that his lung and other vital organs were also injured. However, he is undergoing treatment, and currently, his condition is stable, he said.
