<p align="justify" class="title">In a horrifying incident, a seven- year-old boy was brutally attacked and mauled to death by half-a-dozen stray dogs in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, the police said today.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Vikki, a son of a migrant labour from Uttar Pradesh, was attacked by the dogs while he was returning home from a near- by market in Amarkot village under Paonta sub division, they said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Hearing his cries, villagers rushed to his rescue and three of them also got injured by the aggressive dogs.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The boy sustained multiple injuries on his head, throat, neck and stomach, they said, adding he succumbed to his injuries on the way to a hospital.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A case has been registered in this matter, DSP Paonta Pramod Chauhan said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A sum of Rs 20,000 has been given to the bereaved family members, SDM Paonta H S Rana said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">According to the Amarkot village head, Rakesh Mehraloo, the administration was informed many a time in the recent past about the stray dogs attacking people, but it turned deaf ear to their complaints.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The incident has frightened the villagers, who are now not sending their wards to schools, he said. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">In a horrifying incident, a seven- year-old boy was brutally attacked and mauled to death by half-a-dozen stray dogs in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, the police said today.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Vikki, a son of a migrant labour from Uttar Pradesh, was attacked by the dogs while he was returning home from a near- by market in Amarkot village under Paonta sub division, they said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Hearing his cries, villagers rushed to his rescue and three of them also got injured by the aggressive dogs.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The boy sustained multiple injuries on his head, throat, neck and stomach, they said, adding he succumbed to his injuries on the way to a hospital.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A case has been registered in this matter, DSP Paonta Pramod Chauhan said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A sum of Rs 20,000 has been given to the bereaved family members, SDM Paonta H S Rana said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">According to the Amarkot village head, Rakesh Mehraloo, the administration was informed many a time in the recent past about the stray dogs attacking people, but it turned deaf ear to their complaints.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The incident has frightened the villagers, who are now not sending their wards to schools, he said. </p>