Granny mauled by pit bull while walking home from church

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- MONISHKA GOVENDER

A PHOENIX granny suffered severe injuries after being attacked by a neighbour's pit bull while returning from church.

Thawanie Perumall, 62, was mauled by a dog belonging to her fellow church-goer, on Baileybridge Road, in Stonebridge, while walking home after Sunday service.

Her daughter, Nikosa Perumall, said her mother walked the same route daily to attend church, but this was the first time she had encountered the dog.

“The dog's owner is my mother’s friend. They were both walking home from church, which is 10 minutes away from our home, when the dog escaped from the yard and attacked my mother.

“My daughter was also walking with my mother but she decided to walk faster so she could reach home quicker. We are lucky that she was not there. She too could have been attacked,” said Perumall.

She claimed the pit bull broke free from its leash, jumped over the neighbour’s retaining wall and charged at her mother.