Seventeen people of Lusaka’s Mtendere Compound are reported to have been bitten by a stray dog.

Police Deputy Spokesperson Danny Mwale has stated that the victims aged between 4 and 40 reported at different occasions on March 9, 2023, between 18:30 hours and 21:30 hours that they were bitten by a black dog.

The reports are from Mtendere B, C and D sections.

Mr. Mwale who has cautioned residents of Mtendere Compound to be on the lookout for the same dog says officers are on the ground searching for the same stray dog with a view of exterminating it.

By Tito Kalama