A man is dead after being attacked by three Rottweiler dogs while jogging early on Sunday in woods in the area of the town Manziana, near Rome, sources said.
It is thought that the dogs had escaped from a house in the area.
They have been captured.
Carabinieri police are investigating and trying to identify the victim, who is said to be a middle-aged man.
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