A 13-month-old baby died a horrible death in Italy when two pit bulls attacked him, while his mother, who tried to save him, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The baby died this morning after being attacked by two pit bulls at a private home in Salerno, southern Italy, a short distance from Naples.
While the baby was in his uncle’s arms, suddenly the two dogs – which belong to a family friend – attacked him, “grabbing” him from the man and injuring him all over his body.
The child’s mother tried to save him, putting her body forward as a shield, and was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
An ambulance rushed to the scene of the tragic incident, but the child had already succumbed to his injuries.
“They literally grabbed it out of his uncle’s hands and bit it. The veterinary service will take both dogs that did not belong to the family affected by this tragedy but to another family that lives in the same house. It was a brutal attack and despite the fact that relatives of the child intervened to free him, nothing could be done,” the mayor of Empoli (Salerno), Mario Conte, told the Italian news agency ANSA. “It all happened suddenly, within moments and no one can explain how it happened as these dogs were always there. The child’s family probably rented the house. It is a tragedy that has shocked the entire community,” added the mayor.
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