Summary:
more-inPanic gripped Perumbavoor town and nearby areas after a stray dog ran amok for over two hours, biting around 20 persons, including women and a child, on Friday evening. Medical College Hospital officials said that as many as 18 persons had been admitted to the casualty wing with varying degrees of injuries. Ms.
Jayakrishnan said around 14 persons were sent to the medical college hospital on the municipality’s ambulance. The first bite was reported around 2.30 p.m.“At least 20 persons, including those waiting at bus stops, were bitten. Furious locals eventually clubbed the dog to death at Pattal, 2 km from Perumbavoor town along AM Road to Kothamangalam, around 5 p.m.
Perumbavoor Municipal Chairperson Sathi Jayakrishnan said that the dog entered the municipal limits from Manjapetty from the nearby Vazhakkulam panchayat..