Two stray dogs injured at least seven people, including one seriously, on Saturday in Vierzon (Cher), the animals being finally killed after being chased by gendarmes on the highway, AFP learned from the Bourges prosecutor's office.
Saturday afternoon, two dogs, a labrador and another of undetermined breed, " wandered on the public highway and attacked several people, causing seven or eight victims ", affected by bites, told the 'AFP Bourges prosecutor Joël Garrigue, confirming information from the Republican Berry.
“ The two dogs were tracked by the police and ended up on the highway. The gendarmes on the highway managed to push them back on an access ramp until the dogs became aggressive towards the gendarmes who shot them, "added the prosecutor. The two dogs had separate owners belonging to the same family, we learned from the same source.
A woman killed by dogs in the Aisne
The victims, adults " rather aged between 50 and 70 ", were hospitalized. The investigation must determine whether the dogs have inadvertently escaped the owners 'surveillance or whether there have been faults in the animals' surveillance, according to the same source.
Investigators must also " understand why they became aggressive and we must rule out the possibility of a disease, such as rabies, " said Garrigue.
In November, in Aisne, a pregnant woman of 29 years had been killed by dogs in the forest of Retz while she was walking hers in an area where a hunt was organized.
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