A little boy narrowly missed death after he was attacked by a Rottweiler that escaped from a home.
The toddler, from France, was attacked by the dog while taking a walk with his nanny in Pattaya, Thailand.
Shocking footage shows the boy and his sibling walking together with their nanny past a house with open gates from where a dog ran out and first made for the nanny, charged at her before going for the children.
The older brother, 4, ran out of the dog’s way, but the two-year-old was not so quick and he was pushed to the ground.
The dog then attacks and keeps his jaws locked onto the toddler for a whole minute while the nanny and the dog owner’s helper, who runs out of the property to assist them, frantically attempt to get him away.
The boy is lucky to be alive because the nanny and the two men who joined her were not very effective in stopping the mauling and appeared to be afraid of being attacked by the dog.
A couple of times the boy was separated from the dog, he broke loose again and went for the vi
Recalling her efforts to help the boy as the dog attacked him, the 68-year-old said: “I rushed out of the house to see what was happening and saw the dog attacking the boy
“I grabbed a metal stick to scare away the dog.”
Three adults were needed to pull away the Rottweiler, with the child taken to Pattaya Hospital shortly afterwards as he suffered wounds across his face and a broken jaw.
He was given 200 stitches before being transferred to Bangkok because of the severity of his injuries.
Police investigating the incident have questioned the house owner, who reportedly left the gate open.
Pattaya Police Station Police Colonel Kullachat Kullchai said they would await the boy’s medical results before deciding whether to “finalise the charges”.
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