A little boy has succumbed to his injuries after he was mauled by a pit bull on Monday.
According to Netcare 911 media liaison Shawn Herbst, emergency teams responded to reports of a dog bite at a residence in Glenwood, Pietermaritzburg, just after 4pm.
He says: “Reports from the scene indicate that a three-year-old male had sustained serious injuries after being mauled by a pitbull.”
Herbst said that the boy had suffered severe facial trauma and was bitten on his neck, shoulders and on his hip.