15 children among 21 suffer injuries as dog bites them

21 people including 15 children were injured as a mad dog bit them at Ishwardi upazila in Pabna district.

The incident took place at Dakkhinpara village in Salimpur union around 5:30 pm on Friday (February 3) while the children were playing.

Ishwardi Health Complex doctor Sohel Parvez and Salimpur union parishad chairman Amjad Hossain Bablu Malitha confirmed the information.

Ishwardi Health Complex doctor Sohel Parvez said, “A total of 21 people including 15 children came to the hospital on Friday (February 3) afternoon as a mad dog bit them. All of them have been given antibiotics. Of them, seven to ten people have been registered on urgent basis.”