BACHOK: An 8-year-old boy underwent five-hour surgery after he was seriously injured in an attack by five stray dogs at Pantai Kuala Kemasin here last Thursday.
The victim, Azuar Firdaus Zuraiman, underwent surgery to clean and close the bite wounds, including puncture marks from the dogs' teeth on his head and neck.
His father, Zuraiman Mahmod, 47, said his eighth child of nine siblings was playing at the beach with several relatives at about 9am when the incident occurred.
He said a group of stray dogs suddenly approached and chased them, causing his son to fall before the animals attacked and bit him.
"My son managed to get up and kick the animals before running towards the water, which was when the dogs stopped attacking him.
