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Dog attack leaves toddler, two others seriously injured

A young girl has serious chest, neck and facial injuries after a dog attack in Brisbane’s south in which a woman and a man were also injured.

Aug 12, 2022, updated Aug 12, 2022
Paramedics rushed the toddler to the Queensland Children's Hospital.

Paramedics rushed the toddler to the Queensland Children's Hospital.

Two dogs attacked and bit the toddler and a woman in her 60s at a home in Algester about 7.10pm on Thursday.

Paramedics rushed the youngster to the Queensland Children’s Hospital where she is in a serious condition.

The woman in her 60s suffered a serious head injury and neck pain and was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

An ambulance spokesman said the dogs involved in the attack may have been a bull mastiff breed.

“The injuries that they sustained, the puncture wounds and the injuries to both the older lady and a three-year-old were quite significant,” the spokesman said.

“It was a fairly intense attack by the dogs and it must have been horrifying for the people involved and looking on.”

A man in his 60s suffering back pain after falling off a 1.5 metre retaining wall during the attack, but who was not bitten, was taken to the same hospital in a stable condition.

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