A pack of vicious dogs – pit bulls, Rottweilers and German Shepherds – attacked and killed a 53-year-old man, Charles Roopchand a security guard on the Ogle Airstrip Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Guyana recently.
Members of the police force’s canine squad captured the animals and took their owner into custody to assist with investigations.The police said they have took nine dogs into custody.
Reports indicated that the dogs had somehow managed to escape from their owner’s yard and were seen running around in a large pasture nearby. They first attacked Roopchand and he managed to jump over a drain that was half filled with water. However, the dogs pulled him down in another drain, a few feet away. There, the animals bit and clawed at his face and neck. He died in hospital.
