A nine -year -old child bitten to death by the family dog in the Loiret

An investigation was opened for manslaughter. For example, Emmanuel Delorme, a deputy public prosecutor of Orleans, confirmed information from the Center for AFP.

The child was bitten to death. Meanwhile, especially on the head and neck, by the animal while his father and his older brother had left shopping, said Delorme.

While he was released, the father received the call from a neighbor telling him he heard his young son screaming. Therefore, He returned to his home in Escrennes. near Pithiviers, where he found the bloody child, lying on the ground with significant facial wounds.

The father then brought two stab wounds to the dog, whose behavior remained very aggressive towards the victim. Still alive when his father discovered it. the child died on the spot despite the rescue intervention, added the assistant prosecutor.

According to the father’s first statements. briefly placed nine -year -old child bitten in police custody and very shocked, the dog had never bitten before the drama.

The investigation. entrusted to the gendarmes of the research brigade and the territorial pithiviers brigade, will have to check these declarations and ensure that it has a detention permit for the Rottweiler, a category 2 dog whose owners are subject to certain obligations.

The dog was euthanized. will be the subject of analyzes, in particular to know if it was not infected with rabies, underlined the prosecution.