In an incident that is the most violent, according to eyewitness accounts, stray dogs attacked young children today, and ravaged their bodies in the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq, in an incident that highlights the growing danger of the phenomenon of stray dogs to the population..
Social networks in Iraq were full of pictures of wounded children who were taken to hospital, as a result of the ferocity of the attack that they fell victim to in Mosul, the center of Nineveh Governorate..
According to the “Sky News Arabia” website, a picture showed the brutality of the assault, as the stitches were spread across the face and head of a child, as there were stitches at one of the jaws, one of the cheeks, the mouth, the bottom of the eye, and above the ear..
The pioneers of the communication sites described the incident as a “tragedy”, calling for the need to put an immediate end to the exacerbation of the phenomenon of the spread of stray dogs in the city center and its neighborhoods, as they sometimes attack and pursue residents..
The official of the emergency department at Mosul General Hospital, Dr. Fahd Saud, said in an interview with Sky News Arabia that the injuries ranged from moderate to severe.
He added, “This morning, we received 9 children who were bitten and violently harassed, including 3 very critical cases, while the other cases are also moderate injuries that need monitoring and medical supervision. The children were given antibiotics and anti-rabies serum, and they must take weekly doses of it on their own.” For a month, and unfortunately up to 40 days from the date they were bitten, they are at risk of contracting this disease .
And he continued, reconstructive and surgical operations were performed for some of them who were subjected to mutilation in the face, head, and various parts of their bodies, and in addition, the nine children are psychologically collapsed and are in a very difficult situation and need continuous medical and psychological follow-up..
He pointed out that the injured children will remain in the hospital under observation, until we make sure that their health conditions are stable and that there are no complications, and of course they will still need to continue treatment until the effects of this fierce attack on them are gone. .
He said, “This is not the first time. About a week ago, we received 5 similar cases of stray dogs attacking children, but today’s case is much more dangerous, and it is an alarm bell alerting us to the need for a radical solution to this serious problem. What is the fault of these young children that they are subjected to such a brutal attack?” They go through such a painful experience.”
