The child was with his uncle, in the courtyard of the family home, when the hounds knocked down the adult before ferociously attacking the baby.
A terrible scene took place this Monday, April 22, in Eboli, Italy. A 13 month old baby died after being attacked by two pit bulls. The child was with his uncle, in the courtyard of the family home, when the hounds knocked down the adult before ferociously attacking the baby.
Alerted by the screams, family members rushed into the yard to try to repel the dogs: “We hit the pit bulls with sticks and after a while I managed to lock one of the two dogs in a room, but the other was completely crazy. They are two brothers, and they killed their father there some time ago. The biggest one’s paw is as big as my hand.”specifies a relative to the online newspaper Fanpage.it.
“The dogs were completely crazy”
While his mother and uncle were injured while trying to save him, the child was killed instantly. “They killed him by mishandling him like a common doll they were playing with. The dogs were completely crazy”, testifies the uncle. An autopsy of the little boy was ordered by the police officers in charge of the case.
According to the first elements, the dogs belong to a neighbor. When the animal owners heard the news, she felt unwell and had to be taken to hospital. As for the two pit bulls, they were entrusted to a shelter.