(ANSA) - CERIGNOLA (FOGGIA), JUN 19 - A 66-year-old man with no fixation died after being bitten by two Pit Bull dogs, at dawn today, in an abandoned farmhouse in the countryside of Cerignola, in the Foggiano area.
As far as we know, the two animals were free when they attacked the man, who is said to have originated in Eastern Europe.
To call for help would have been a passerby who heard the screams of the victim.
When the carabinieri arrived they found the owner of the two dogs, a Polish man who lives in a nearby farmhouse, trying to keep the animals away from the victim.
The owner of the dogs was also bitten in the hand.
The two Pit Bulls were sedated and entrusted to the veterinary service of the ASL of Foggia.
The carabinieri investigate the incident.
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