Telangana: Elderly woman killed in brutal dog attack; Stray dogs eat parts of body in Sircilla

Villagers say Rajalakshmi was living alone in her home, which reportedly had no doors. As she was sleeping, the dogs entered the house and attacked her. Most disturbingly, dogs have eaten away parts of her body

Rajanna Sircilla: An elderly woman, Pitla Rajyalakshmi (82) died in a brutal attack by a pack of stray dogs in Sevalal thanda, Battuvanithallu village of Mustabad mandal late on Wednesday night.

According to villagers, Rajyalakshmi was regularly sleeping in a hut near their house while other family members slept inside the home. As usual, she slept in the hut on Wednesday night too. Since the hut did not have a door, the pack of dogs entered the hut and attacked her while she was sleeping. Her body was found by her sons in the morning, without the head and a portion of the abdomen also apparently eaten by the dogs.

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Angry villagers killed one of the dogs that was part of the pack, according to the police. Furious over the incident, villagers said children in the village were also attacked earlier by the dogs, and despite repeated complaints, officials had not taken any steps to prevent such incidents in future. This had now led to the death of the woman, they said, demanding that officials take steps to get rid of the stray dogs from the village.

Rajyalakshmi is survived by three sons and two daughters.