Coast Guard evacuates 9-year-old boy to Miami after dog attack in the Bahamas

The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated a 9-year-old boy from the Bahamas after he was repeatedly attacked by several dogs on the beach Tuesday, the agency and Royal Bahamas Police Force said.

The boy was collecting sand outside a business in Bimini around 10 a.m. when the dogs set upon him, police said, biting his face, right thigh, right arm and his head.

A man who witnessed the attack chased the dogs off, and the boy, who is a U.S. citizen, was able to get back to the apartment where he and his mother were staying, according to police…

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