A three-year-old girl died and her six-year-old brother was seriously injured when they were attacked by a family dog, believed to be a pit bull, in Durban on Saturday.
“Just before 5pm, Rescue Care paramedics raced to the scene in Mayville,” Rescue Care spokesman Garrith Jamieson said.
He said the girl, who had gone into cardiac arrest, was declared dead on the scene.
Police and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would investigate, Jamieson said.