Stray Dog Attacks 11 People, Mostly Children Playing at Park North of Tokyo

Stray Dog Attacks 11 People, Mostly Children Playing at Park North of Tokyo
An ambulance in Japan in a file photo. (Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)

TOKYO—A stray dog attacked 11 people, most of them children playing in a park north of Tokyo, on Wednesday, causing minor injuries, fire officials said.

Fire department personnel rushed to the site after receiving a call from police requesting an ambulance for a man in his 40s who was bitten by a dog at the park in a residential area of Isezaki city in Gunma prefecture, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northwest of Tokyo.

Nine of the attacked people were children aged 7 to 10 and the 10th victim was an adult, the Isezaki fire department said.

Most of the victims were bitten in their legs, it said. Several were taken to a hospital for treatment.

The department said police caught the dog and were investigating the case.

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