Bengaluru: Retired teacher dies after 10-12 stray dogs attack her during morning walk

On Wednesday, August 28, a 76-year-old woman was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs during a morning walk at the Jalahalli Air Force Campus in Bengaluru. The deceased was identified as Rajdulari Sinha, a retired teacher from Bihar.

According to reports, Sinha, mother-in-law of an airman had come to Bengaluru. She was out for a morning walk when 10-12 stray dogs suddenly attacked her in the playground at Air Force East 7th Residential Camp in Jalahalli around 6.30 am. She sustained multiple injuries and died on the way to the hospital.

A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Gangamma Gudi police station, according to a senior police officer.

Meanwhile, a social media user, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, took to X to narrate what transpired. "It's a tragic scene in the morning itself. Dozens of stray dogs attack a lady. I shouted, and my family joined me until a gentleman comes the dogs attacked. Jalahalli Airforce playground, Vidyaranyapura. I am guilty that I couldn't help her because of this wall."

"I was the helpless eyewitness. Due to their big wall, I couldn't save her. I shouted and called some people and they took her to hospital, but no use," he said in another post.

Typhoon Shanshan turns deadly, brings 30 inches of rain to Japan and flooding isn't over yet

More than 30 inches of rain has brought severe flooding to Japan and the story is far from over as former Typhoon Shanshan is forecast to stall over the island nation.

Former Typhoon Shanshan, now a severe tropical storm, is moving slowly up the southern half of Japan, bringing feet of rain, triggering landslides and unleashing tornadoes. The storm is far from over, however, as flooding rain will continue to fall through early next week due to the storm's slow trek across the island nation.

Shanshan was the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale late Thursday night JST after it pushed into Kyushu, Japan, Thursday afternoon as a Category 2 equivalent. Wind gusts of 115 mph (51.5 m/s) were reported at Makurazaki early Thursday morning.

More than a quarter of a million customers on the island of Kyushu were without power as of Thursday evening JST, Kyushu Electric Power said. A rain gauge at Ebino Plateau, in the mountains of central Kyushu, measured over 34 inches (864 mm) of rain from Tuesday to Friday, while another station at Shinmon reported 32.1 inches (814.5 mm).

At least 28 people have died and more than 24,000 have been relocated in the western Indian state of Gujarat since Sunday after heavy rains led to massive flooding.

Several rivers and reservoirs are overflowing as water levels have crossed the danger mark, officials said.

The Indian army and national disaster response teams are carrying out relief and rescue operations in the worst-hit areas.

The state is on high alert as the weather department has predicted heavy rains to continue over the next few days.