Dogs Attack Boy on Way to School Bus, Owner Refuses to Turn Them Over: 'Tell the Family I'm Sorry'
On May 11, six-year-old Abanoub Zakaria was on his way to the school bus stop with his mother when a neighbor’s dogs got loose. The two had barely left their home in Henrico County, Virginia, when two large rottweilers…
On May 11, six-year-old Abanoub Zakaria was on his way to the school bus stop with his mother when a neighbor’s dogs got loose.
The two had barely left their home in Henrico County, Virginia, when two large rottweilers came barreling their way.
First, the dogs investigated a different student walking along the street, circling before running toward Abanoub and his mother.
As the dogs approached, Abanoub separated from his mother for a moment, and both screamed. The dogs saw their opportunity and pounced, ripping into Abanoub’s clothes, backpack and body.
The boy’s mother ran to a neighbor for help.
“The Dog just bite me too, too, too hard — and I got hurt,” Abanoub told WTVR-TV.
“Blood everywhere,” the boy’s father, Youssef Iouza, recalled. “I can’t explain how much pain it causes me seeing my son attacked by two dogs”
First responders were called, and they took Abanoub to the hospital where he received stitches