A two-year-old girl was attacked by a family member's dog. Bitten in the abdomen and legs, she is in very serious condition. Her grandmother, who intervened to defend her, was also attacked and suffered minor injuries .
It happened in Agliana, in the province of Pistoia. According to initial information, the two were attacked by a pitbull owned by the uncle's partner in the garden of the house . Initial investigations show that the uncle's partner had three dogs with her, but only this pitbull attacked the little girl. The dynamics are being reconstructed, as are the causes of the attack. The animal has been seized.
The emergency services 118 (which sent the helicopter), the Carabinieri and the municipal police intervened on the scene. The little girl was taken to the Meyer pediatric hospital in Florence in very serious conditions, she was operated on and is now in intensive care, but her life is not in danger. The grandmother is in the hospital at San Jacopo in Pistoia. The little girl's mother, who felt unwell, was also helped by 118.
(Online Union)