A family's pet dog hauled three-year-old Tran Truong Thinh leaving him severly injured.
According to his parents, the attack occurred at around 7 a.m. when the boy was waiting to be taken to school. Their pet dog suddenly pounced on him after he played with it with a flyswatter.
Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital performed surgery after he was brought to the hospital on Tuesday, October 5, with 19 wounds on his face, Dr Nguyen Van Dau said.
Doctors said the four most severe wounds were on his lower lips, cheek and ear and it took two hours to put in a total of nearly 200 stitches.