DOG SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OWNERS
DOG SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OWNERS
A Staffordshire
Terrier mixed-breed dog was set to be put to sleep after autopsy results
on Friday confirmed it mauled its owners to death in the German city of
Hanover.
The incident, which
shocked Germany and prompted a debate about the rules of dog ownership, saw a
52-year-old woman and her 27-year-old son die as the result of the attack
in their apartment.
Fire rescue workers
captured the dog when they broke into the flat after being alerted by the
woman’s daughter
late Tuesday.
late Tuesday.
The daughter
contacted authorities after couldn’t reach either family member and spotted the
lifeless body of her
brother through the window of the flat.
brother through the window of the flat.
Neighbours said
that the man was seriously ill and had been so since childhood. His mother was
apparently a
wheelchair user.
wheelchair user.
The dog, named
Chico, is in an animal shelter in the nearby town of Langenhagen and will be
euthanised.