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Viral video of a dog attacking a boy is from Brazil's Sao Paulo and not Maharashtra.
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India Today Fact Check
This gruesome dog attack took place in Brazil’s Sao Paulo. The owner of the dogs was arrested by the police.
(Content Warning: Video contains disturbing visuals)
An eight-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after a stray dog attacked him
Now, a video allegedly showing a dog attacking a child in a residential society of Maharashtra's Kalyan city is going viral on social media. In the video, two dogs are running around in the play area of a building, while kids present there try to save themselves by climbing on top of a ride. Of the two dogs, one is seen biting the leg of a boy, who screams in pain. Seeing this, men and women rush to rescue the child by throwing sticks and stones at the dog, but it does not relent.
Sharing the video, one person wrote, "Kalyan Khadakpada Arihant Society. Stray dog attack on a child playing inside a society compound. Will AWBI, FIAPO, PFA, PETA take the responsibility and accountability of these stray dogs attacking, as children also have legally equal rights to live on Earth safely."
India Today Fact Check found that the video is not from India at all. It is from Brazil's Sao Paulo city.
OUR PROBE
Reverse searching keyframes from the video led us to a news report from Brazil dated November 20, 2024. Two children, aged 11 and 12, got injured in this dog attack.
According to Brazilian news outlets, a Pitbull attacked children playing in a public playground in Vila Guilherme, a district in the Sao Paulo city of Brazil. The reports stated that on November 12, 2024, two dogs climbed over the wall of a gated property and attacked children. Out of the children present in the playground, an 11-year-old boy sustained serious injuries in his legs and was hospitalized at the Vereador José Storopolli Municipal Hospital.
Marcos Sibioni, the owner of these Pitbulls, was indicted by the police for neglect of custody and serious bodily harm. He, however, denied negligence and claimed that the victims provoked the dogs, after which the dogs attacked them. Sao Paulo's Zoonosis Surveillance Division took the dogs into their custody. Some reports also added that the dogs were mistreated by the owner.
Therefore, the viral video is from Brazil's Sao Paulo city and has no connection to Maharashtra.
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