Northern Territory police believe a young boy from an Indigenous community in Central Australia who died on New Years Day was mauled to death by at least one dog.
Northern Territory police believe a young boy from an Indigenous community in Central Australia who died on New Years Day was mauled to death in an animal attack.He was found with injuries the next morning and later diedTwo dogs from Hermannsburg, south-west of Alice Springs, have been seized for further forensic examination.
He was found in the community with injuries at about 9 o'clock the next morning before being taken to the local health clinic, where he died. "The investigation will continue, but at this stage the investigation and the evidence is pointing in that direction."
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