{"id":32299,"date":"2017-02-03T02:08:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gambia-dog-that-killed-president-barrow-s-son-put\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T02:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:09:11","slug":"gambia-dog-that-killed-president-barrow-s-son-put","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gambia-dog-that-killed-president-barrow-s-son-put\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia dog that killed President Barrow’s son put down"},"content":{"rendered":"

{The dog that killed the eight-year-old son of Gambian President Adama Barrow has been put down, a government official has confirmed.}<\/p>\n

Habibu Barrow died in hospital after being bitten by the dog last month at his aunt’s house in a coastal resort near Banjul.<\/p>\n

The attack happened before Mr Barrow was inaugurated and while he was still in Senegal for his safety.<\/p>\n

\"Habibu<\/figure>\n

The president, who recently returned to the Gambia, missed his son’s funeral.<\/p>\n

Reports say that Habibu – one of the president’s five children – was mauled by the dog and sustained a head injury.<\/p>\n

It is unclear why the dog attacked the young boy.<\/p>\n

The animal, which had been certified rabies free, was put down on Tuesday, with a quick procedure.<\/p>\n

The government official said the dog belonged to the aunt and had not attacked anyone before.<\/p>\n

He said the attack had worried the family and they were comfortable with the action taken.<\/p>\n

“We thought it’s not safe for the community if the dog was on the streets,” the official said.<\/p>\n

Many homes in the upmarket area of Fajara, where Habibu was staying along with his mother and other siblings, have security dogs to ward off intruders.<\/p>\n

Mr Barrow, who won elections in December, was living in neighbouring Senegal at the time after the previous Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, refused to step down.<\/p>\n

He returned to the Gambia last week after Mr Jammeh agreed to leave the country.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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