Durban — A six-year-old girl and her mother had to be rushed to hospital after they were attacked by three dogs in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday morning.
KwaZulu Private Ambulance spokesperson, Craig Botha said the service responded to reports of a dog attack outside a house in Estcourt.
Botha said that when emergency services arrived they found that a mother and her six-year-old daughter had been attacked by three dogs.
“Paramedics quickly assessed the patients and found that both patients had sustained serious injuries.
“The patients were treated on scene before being transported to the hospital for further treatment,” Botha said.
He added that the exact details of the incident were unknown.
On Tuesday, IOL reported that an Eastern Cape family was in shock after their pit bulls mauled their 10-year-old son to death.
The incident occurred at their home in Antia Drive, Gelvandale, on Monday.
The provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu said: “At about 1.15pm, police were alerted to the incident and on arrival shot both dogs inside the house.”
The victim and two other children were in the house with the dogs, she said. It was unclear what happened when the two dogs turned on the boy.
“He succumbed to his injuries at the scene,” Naidu said.
She said police were forced to kill the dogs.
Naidu said an inquest docket had been opened.
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