Child in Queensland hospital after ‘terrifying’ dingo attack near camping ground on K’gari

Father able to stop the attack on the five-year-old boy, who was bitten multiple times while playing on a beach

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A young boy who is in hospital after being attacked by a dingo in Queensland is stable and doing well", a spokesperson from Hervey Bay hospital has said.

The child, aged five, was bitten on the head, arm, and buttocks at the remote Ocean Lake camping area in K'gari (Fraser Island) on Sunday afternoon.