Ponies attacks people in Shimoga

Shimga, Karnataka, May 28(UNI) In a strange incident stray ponies grazing in the campus of a women's college here today attacked people who came to chase them away.

The ponies which strayed into the college around 0830 hrs got wild when the watchman of the Kamala Nehru's Women's college rushed to chase and one of them jumped and struck him with the fore legs.

It later bit his right hand also. He however succeded in removing the ponies from the campus.

After some time the same ponies group went berserk and started attacking people in various localities, including the main market.

A group of youngsters succeeded in capturing the ponies and let them on the bank of the river Tunga on the outskirts of the city.

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