5-year-old mauled to death by stray dogs
Dog menace continues in the state capital
Bengaluru: A 5- year-old boy killed after a group of street dogs attacked him in the limits of Soladevanahalli here on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Durgesh. His parents Mallappa and Mallesh who work as daily wage labourers are natives of Sedam in Kalaburagi.
The couple came to Bengaluru in search of a work and was staying in Saswagetta village. They were surviving in Bengaluru as a construction labours for the past four years. Durgesh's mother is pregnant and is said to have stayed at home.
According to police around eight dogs attacked Durgesh around afternoon when he was walking nearby construction site where his father was busy at work. The onlookers rescued him and rushed him to the hospital. The child succumbed to injuries around 4 PM.
Soladevanahalli police have registered a case in this regard.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
