4-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Mauled By 3 Dogs

A four-year-old girl in Thailand died from fatal head, face and neck wounds sustained from being mauled by three dogs on Tuesday evening while riding a bicycle around her Chaiyaphum neighbourhood. The girl was quickly rushed to a nearby hospital, but died on the way.

Following a report of the incident at 5.20pm, Ban Khwao precinct’s inspector Pol Major Thongsuk Ratsiwor led officers to inspect the scene in Tambon Ban Khwao in Ban Khawao district.

Neighbour and eyewitness Noppol Kulthanawat, 57, told police that he was watching TV at home around 5pm when he heard a girl screaming and came out to see what was happening.

He saw Thanyalak Salitkul being attacked by three dogs aged two to three years that were usually chained and kept within their owner's house property.


Noppol drove the dogs away with a knife and alerted others to help bring the seriously wounded girl to hospital. Thanyalak was in extreme pain and died on the way to hospital from excessive bleeding.

The girl’s grandmother, Daranee Phetchsorn, 50, who lives in the same house, said the family was in shock over what had happened. Daranee was in the kitchen cooking at the time of the incident, while the teacher mother had not yet returned from work.