Pregnant woman tells of attack by pit bulls

BONGEKA Sobekwa is still recovering at Tygerberg Hospital two weeks after she was attacked by two pit bulls in Kuils River.

- SIBULELE KASA

She said she was walking to the shop after 4pm on Thursday, October 2, when the dogs attacked her in Davis Street, Highbury.

“It was a cold afternoon. I didn't use the same street that I usually use. I took a shorter one, the Davis Street. So, as I turned right onto the street, there were two pit bulls. I told myself to just relax. They started to bark at me, and I started to say, 'Go away,'” she said.

She said the larger of the two dogs first jumped and bit her fingers, while the second one bit her buttocks.

The larger dog then started to repeatedly bite her in the right lower leg until neighbours came out and tried to intervene, after hearing her screaming, she said.

It is understood that the larger dog had to be shot with a firearm to stop it from continuing the attack.