7-year-old girl dies after being attacked by stray dogs in Kapra

  Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a seven-year-old old girl died at the Osmania General hospital on Thursday after being attacked by several stray dogs a couple of days ago.

The deceased – Soni, a resident of Yadava Basthi in Kapra area of Kushaiguda, was attacked by the stray dogs after she threw stones at them to shoo them away when she saw them fighting with each other.

According to the eyewitness account, the child received head injuries when the dogs pounced on her. “Soni was playing in the front yard of her house where two dogs were fighting. To shoo the dogs away, she hurled stones at them after which they charged at her and that led to a fall in which she injured her head,” witnesses said.

The locals, along with Soni’s parents, rushed her to the nearest private hospital in ECIL. She was later moved to OGH when her condition worsened. The girl’s condition deteriorated after moving to OGH, where she breathed her last on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the State Commission of Protection of Child Rights has issued an order to the GHMC stating that it has come to its notice that the girl was allegedly attacked by stray dogs, which led to her death.

The commission also pointed out that the child died only due to municipality’s negligence in controlling stray dogs on city streets.