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Paramedics rush 5yo girl to hospital after dog attack in Chifley, Sydney

A little girl is recovering in hospital after she was mauled by a dog on Sunday afternoon.

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A little girl is recovering in hospital following a vicious dog attack in Sydney on Sunday afternoon.

Emergency services rushed to Mitchell Street in Chifley, near the city’s southern beaches, on reports of a dog attack.

The police officers found a five-year-old girl with a bite to her chest from the dog.

“The dog had been in the yard of a property the girl was attending,” the police said on Sunday afternoon.

The dog attack happened in Chfiley, in Sydney’s southern beaches district. Picture: Supplied
The dog attack happened in Chfiley, in Sydney’s southern beaches district. Picture: Supplied

Paramedics treated the girl at the scene before taking her to Children’s Hospital in Randwick for further treatment.

She is in a stable condition, the police said.

“Rangers from Randwick City Council have seized the dog and will investigate the circumstances of the incident,” the police said.

Duncan Evans
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Duncan Evans is a reporter for News Corp’s NewsWire service, based in Adelaide. Before NewsWire, he worked as a resources and politics reporter for The Daily Mercury in Mackay, Queensland and as a reporter at CQ Today, an independent newspaper based in Rockhampton. He was raised in Emerald and Brisbane and studied English Literature and American Studies at the University of Sydney. He began his career in journalism working for the Jakarta Post in Indonesia for over two years as an editor, translator and writer. He is fluent in Indonesian.

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