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Stray dog bites over 50 people in Kannur town, creates panic

Kannur, June 17 (UNI) A stray dog, suspected to be rabid, attacked over 50 people, including women and children, in Kannur town today, creating panic.
Local authorities are working to identify and capture the dog.
The dog started biting people around 1100 am and this continued till evening. The dog attacked pedestrians at Bank Road, Prabhath Junction, including women who came to the town at Prabhat junction for banking purposes and others at Bank Road near New Bus stand.
The dog attacked people from the rear and bit their legs.
All the injured were rushed to the nearby district hospital for treatment. Four of them have been referred to the Medical College hospital at Pariyaram due to allergies over rabies injection.
Few people used umbrellas to scare the dog.
Police said the dog may have been rabid. Police, fire brigade personnel and a group of local residents are camping at the site to nab the dog, reports said.
District Medical officials visited the district hospital, where most of the victims sought medical treatment. Medical sources said anti rabies medicines were administered to all the victims.
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