Bitten in the upper body

Next dog attack: Girl (7) seriously injured

Since the fatal dog attack in Naarn, there have been repeated reports of incidents involving aggressive four-legged friends in Austria. On Wednesday evening, another incident occurred in the Leibnitz district of Styria: A seven-year-old girl was bitten on the upper body by a dog. She was seriously injured and had to be flown to Graz Regional Hospital. 

According to initial findings, the dog was a Rottweiler. The child and her father were visiting family members in Leibnitz who have two male dogs as pets. 

Bitten in the upper body
When the family went onto the property, the dogs were at the back of the garden. Suddenly, one of the four-legged friends ran up to the girl and bit her on the upper body, police said on Thursday. 

The little girl had to be flown to Graz Regional Hospital with serious injuries by the crew of the Christophorus 12 rescue helicopter. 

A dog bite is said to have already occurred last Saturday in Upper Austria. The victim was a two-year-old boy. He was slightly injured in the face by a beagle.