In a terrible accident that shocked the American public, two children were killed and their mother was seriously injured as a result of the attack of two pit bulls she was raising at their home in the US state of Tennessee.
The mother is hospitalized and is in stable condition with “stitches and bite marks all over her body” due to her attempt to intervene to save her two children when her dogs attacked them on Wednesday.
According to the story published by the American newspaper “New York Post”, Kirsty Jane Benard, 30, was seriously injured while trying to save her two children: Holas Dean, 5 months, and her two-year-old baby. sister Lily Jane, from the mouths of the two dogs outside their home in Tennessee.
Both children were reported dead on the spot, according to a tweet posted by the Shelby County Authority in Tennessee.
Although the mother is stable, Benard has “an infinite amount of stitches and bite marks all over her body, including her face,” according to her uncle Jeff Gibson.
While the details of how the attack happened and why the pets became aggressive remain unclear, the tragic incident lasted about 10 minutes, according to Gibson.
Gibson also said: “Benard’s arms and legs are badly injured.”
“So far there appears to be no permanent damage apart from the heart which will never heal from the killing of the two children,” a family member also wrote. “This attack lasted longer than any of us could have imagined,” she added.
According to the details of the affair, the two dogs were allegedly killed by lethal injection or the so-called euthanasia, and an autopsy of the two children is currently underway.
