Rottweiler dogs maul woman to death in Czech Republic

LONDON. December 10. KAZINFORM A woman in the Czech Republic has been mauled to death by as many as 25 Rottweilers, police have said; Kazinform refers to BBC.

Officers were reportedly called to a house by a woman saying she was being attacked by her family's dogs.

When they arrived at her home, in a village north-west of Prague, police said they found the dogs and the body of a 60-year-old woman.

The dogs - eight adults and 17 young - have been placed in a shelter pending a police investigation.

"Several dogs attacked their owner around 0600 (0500 GMT). She died immediately after suffering serious wounds," police spokesman Daniel Vitek said, according to Agence France Presse; Kazinform cites BBC.

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