KARACHI: Five people, including three children, were injured when a stray dog bit them in Clifton’s Teen Talwar area on Sunday.
The incident was confirmed by the executive director of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Dr Seemin Jamali, where the injured were brought for treatment.
The injured have been sent home after being provided medical care, police said, adding that the condition of the victims is out of danger.
The incidence of stray dog bites has increased in the metropolis during the past few months.
In 2019, some 7,000 dog-bite cases were reported at the hospital with four cases of rabies, whereas in 2018 over 5,000 similar cases were registered at the facility.
