<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Four swimmers have been injured in dolphin attacks on a beach in central Japan, officials say.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One man, in his 60s, suffered broken ribs and bites to his hands after a dolphin rammed him a few metres off Suishohama beach in the town of Mihama, Fukui prefecture, early on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another man, in his 40s, sustained arm bites in a separate incident on the popular beach the same morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two more people were injured by the mammals later in the day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fukui has now recorded six such attacks this year, local police say.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Signs have been put up telling swimmers to avoid approaching or touching the mammals. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>