A 27-year-old Nigerian woman, Patricia Masithela has been mauled to death by a pack of starving dogs in Latina, Italy.
The tragic incident occurred on Monday night when Patricia was visiting a male acquaintance at his abandoned villa in the Lazio region, Mirror UK reports.
Patricia who recently moved from Nigeria to Lazio, reportedly came to the house unaware that her friend was not there, her screams alerted neighbours of the brutal attack.
She was discovered critically injured, lying in a pool of blood with deep wounds across her body after the attack.
The police, however, intervened by “shooting two of the dogs to allow emergency responders to access the scene, while the rest of the pack fled after the gunfire.”
Emergency medics provided immediate treatment and rushed the victim to Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, but despite their efforts, she died due to severe injuries and excessive blood loss.
Patricia, a devoted mother to a five-year-old daughter, has left her family and friends in unimaginable grief, Mirror UK reports.
It was gathered that investigations into the incident are ongoing as local authorities work to determine how the reportedly starving dogs came to be in the area.
