Police shoot 9 rabid dogs after attacks on villagers

Police shot and killed nine rabid dogs following a string of attacks on residents in Central China's Hubei Province.



A total five people were treated for bite injuries as police in Shiyan hunted down the pack of infected dogs.



It was not reported whether the victims were infected with rabies.



The rabid pack was first reported roaming Shuangwan village around noon Thursday. Some had attempted to drive the dogs away with sticks, but more had collected.



"The mad dogs bit any living thing they saw. Five people were wounded but we had no idea how to handle them," a villager told police.



Over an 8-hour search, officers armed with a submachine gun shot and killed nine dogs.



The pack had been infected by the bites of a single rabid dog, police said.



Shiyan Evening News

