A dreadful drama in Escrennes, in the Loiret. A 9 -year -old was killed by the family dog, a 60 -kilo rottweiler. He had been left alone, unattended, with the Molosse for a few minutes. His 14 -year -old father and brother had gone shopping.
It was a neighbor who heard cries from the home, locked. He immediately called the Father who discovers a horror scene on the spot : his son face against earth in a pool of blood, The part partly torn off. The family’s dog is very aggressive and then rushed to the father who defended himself with a knife while waiting for the arrival of help.
The firefighters practiced a cardiac massage, but in vain, The young victim died on the spot. The 60-kilo dog had never bitten before, according to the first statements of the father who had his son’s alternate custody that day. He was briefly placed in police custody.
An investigation was opened for manslaughter. The gendarmes of the Pithiviers research brigade will also have to determine if the rottweiler was properly declared. It is indeed a category 2 dog which must imperatively come out muzzled and be held on a leash. A veterinarian carried out the animal’s euthanasia.
