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Somalia: Herd of Dogs Wound At Least 13 People in Barawe Town
Hassan Fantastic
18 August 2009
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Somalia ? At least 13 people have been wounded in Barawe district in Lower Shabelle region after a herd of dogs attacked them there in the region, Shabelle's Qoslaye reported on Tuesday.
Residents said that the dogs had bitten the people around their residences in Barawe district saying that they wounded 13 people including adult and children adding that 4 of them are in very dangerous situation and have heavy injuries.
Mohamed Abdirahman, one of the residents told Shabelle radio that all the wounded people were rushed to a hospital in Merka, the regional capital of the region where they are currently cured adding that the dogs have also very hazardous disease (Rabies) which affects the people seriously.
The relatives of the wounded people expressed concern about the dogs that increasingly bite the people in the district saying that they could not even buy a single vaccination of that disease which costs $50.
Somalia: Herd of Dogs Wound At Least 13 People in Barawe Town
Hassan Fantastic
18 August 2009
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Somalia ? At least 13 people have been wounded in Barawe district in Lower Shabelle region after a herd of dogs attacked them there in the region, Shabelle's Qoslaye reported on Tuesday.
Residents said that the dogs had bitten the people around their residences in Barawe district saying that they wounded 13 people including adult and children adding that 4 of them are in very dangerous situation and have heavy injuries.
Mohamed Abdirahman, one of the residents told Shabelle radio that all the wounded people were rushed to a hospital in Merka, the regional capital of the region where they are currently cured adding that the dogs have also very hazardous disease (Rabies) which affects the people seriously.
The relatives of the wounded people expressed concern about the dogs that increasingly bite the people in the district saying that they could not even buy a single vaccination of that disease which costs $50.